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![American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short by Robert Wuthnow](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBN0JCbUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--08b7b0769d4282f3ac753d385e6e199c44f05b18/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/American%20Mythos-%20Why%20Our%20Best%20Efforts%20to%20Be%20a%20Better%20Nation%20Fall%20Short.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691138558
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 03 August 2008
Description
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic. In this new book, renowned sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines these most Ameri...
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![American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short by Robert Wuthnow](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBN0JCbUE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--08b7b0769d4282f3ac753d385e6e199c44f05b18/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/American%20Mythos-%20Why%20Our%20Best%20Efforts%20to%20Be%20a%20Better%20Nation%20Fall%20Short.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691138558
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 03 August 2008
Description
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic. In this new book, renowned sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines these most Ameri...