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Restless nation : starting over in America / James M. Jasper.
In Restless Nation, James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the "fresh start"--A belief that still has Americans moving from place to place faster than the citizens of any other nation.
Record details
- OCLC: ocn646068554
- ISBN: 9780226394732 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0226394735 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0226394786 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780226394787 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1282646338
- ISBN: 9781282646339
- ISBN: 9786612646331
- ISBN: 6612646330
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-275) and index. |
| Contents: | The land of the dream. -- The most likely to succeed. -- New places, names, selves. -- Boom land. -- The great lottery. -- An alien power. -- The culture of flight. -- Fleeing the nest. -- Conclusion: Are Americans ready to settle down? |
| Note: | English. |
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| Subject: | United States > Emigration and immigration. Migration, Internal > United States. |
