Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State

We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward...

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Main Author: Robbins, Bruce (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Princeton University Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Literature / Eroticism (Motif) / Social ascent (Motif) / History 1800-2000
B Girard, René 1923-2015
Further subjects:B Fiction 20th century History and criticism
B Fiction 19th century History and criticism
B Electronic books
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