Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

By
Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart
2023 • 304 pages

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Culture of Fear
Paradox of Plenty
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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114 books

Economics

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Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
Years That Matter Most How College Makes or Breaks Us
Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some
The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City
A Participatory Economy

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257 books

History United States

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The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
A Queer History of the United States for Young People
The Age of Edison
Paradox of Plenty

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146 books

American Studies

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Fat Shame
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America
The Second Founding
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

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50 books

Social Commentary

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Something That May Shock and Discredit You
The Tent
The Rifle
Walden
Life in Code
Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and the War Against the Human
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

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22 books

American Civil Religion

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Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: The Forgotten History of an American Shrine
Bait and Switch
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
The Cult of the Constitution
Myth America
Lies across America
We Need New Stories: The Myths that Subvert Freedom