Bootstrapped: Exposing the Myth of the Self-Made and the Rugged Individualist, From “Little House” to Horatio Alger by Alissa Quart, Alissa Quart

Bootstrapped: Exposing the Myth of the Self-Made and the Rugged Individualist, From “Little House” to Horatio Alger

Alissa Quart, Alissa Quart

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An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilledThe promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is centra...

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