The Fictional Republic: Horatio Alger and American Political Discourse by Carol Nackenoff ISBN 13: 9780195079234

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Spine of jacket is a bit sunned. Bright, shiny, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Minor offset from binder's glue to a thin strip along gutters of the endpapers. All other pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1994. First Printing of the First Edition. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index. From a review: "Simultaneously an account of Alger and the nineteenth-century religious, philosophic, and political sources and meanings of his writings..." Bound in the original off-white cloth, stamped in black. From the dust jacket: "Investigating the persistence and place of the formulas of Horatio Alger in American politics and political discourse, THE FICTIONAL… Read More

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Hardback. New. A reassessment of the Alger formula in historical context, especially the chords that these tales of hard work and virtue's rewards struck during the significant economic transformation of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; and an examination of the unusual persistence of the Alger myths in American culture.

Oxford University Press, 1994-04-14. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!