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Restless nation [electronic resource] : starting over in America / James M. Jasper.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 295 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226394732 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226394735 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Restless nation.DDC classification:
  • 325.73 22
LOC classification:
  • JV6450 .J37 2000eb
Online resources:
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?
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.

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?

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.

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