Bootstrapped : liberating ourselves from the American dream /
The promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central to the story of the American Dream. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However, time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its em...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Forget self-reliance
- Part I: Creators of the American Dream. The backstory ; Where's Walden? ; Little house of propaganda ; The Horatio Alger lie
- Part II: Brokers of the American Dream. Rich fictions ; The self-made voter ; Zen incorporated
- Part III: Burdens of the American Dream. Go fund yourself ; Mothers' revolution ; The con of the side hustle
- Part IV: Toward a new American Dream. Class traitors ; The feeling is mutual aid ; Boss workers ; Inequality therapy ; Volunteering ourselves ; Unmaking the self-made myth
- Epilogue: My independence day.