Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

by Alissa Quart

Book Overview

An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed an American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less equal, less healthy, less productive, and less fulfilled

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 ultimately succeed. However, time and again...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006302800X
• ISBN13: 9780063028005
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"