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The Great American Speech: Words and Monuments
Stephen Fender
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Description for The Great American Speech: Words and Monuments
Hardback. Everyone knows the great American Dream: that America is the land of free enterprise, offering men and women without inherited advantages the chance to get ahead through hard work and self-reliance. Yet The Great American Speech offers an alternative vision, one enshrined in the country's most memorable speeches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
Everyone knows the great American Dream: that America is the land of free enterprise, offering men and women without inherited advantages the chance to get ahead through hard work and self-reliance. Yet The Great American Speech offers an alternative vision, one enshrined in the country's most memorable speeches, which have become monuments in its national memory and literally in the nation's capital. This other American dream is not about competition or getting ahead, but instead argues for equality and cooperation, echoing the country's founding documents. Beginning with two contrasting visions set out by early settlers in the New World, Stephen ... Read more
Everyone knows the great American Dream: that America is the land of free enterprise, offering men and women without inherited advantages the chance to get ahead through hard work and self-reliance. Yet The Great American Speech offers an alternative vision, one enshrined in the country's most memorable speeches, which have become monuments in its national memory and literally in the nation's capital. This other American dream is not about competition or getting ahead, but instead argues for equality and cooperation, echoing the country's founding documents. Beginning with two contrasting visions set out by early settlers in the New World, Stephen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235219
SKU
V9781780235219
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Stephen Fender
Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and is an Honorary Professor of English at University College London. His previous books include "50 Facts that Should Change the USA" and "Nature, Class and New Deal Literature."
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