Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and ContextsPeter Lang, 1996 - 183 էջ Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and Contexts is a literary history that shows how the idea of America as the land of capitalist enterprise - where rewards are always commensurate with productivity - came to flourish in our national literature. Covering the colonial period, the early national period, and the Jacksonian period, this study examines a variety of writers, including many of our best early writers of fiction, who chronicle and celebrate - and sometimes condemn - the vision of America as the land of economic opportunity. |
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... common People very poor . This inequality of Property , gives an Aristocratical Turn to all their Proceedings , and occasions a strong Aversion in their Patricians , to Common Sense . But the Spirit of these Barons , is coming down ...
... common People very poor . This inequality of Property , gives an Aristocratical Turn to all their Proceedings , and occasions a strong Aversion in their Patricians , to Common Sense . But the Spirit of these Barons , is coming down ...
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... common man . The Captain poses the question why people " were so disposed to elevate the low to the highest station . " The conjurer's reply is worthy of note : The common people are more disposed to trust one of their own class , than ...
... common man . The Captain poses the question why people " were so disposed to elevate the low to the highest station . " The conjurer's reply is worthy of note : The common people are more disposed to trust one of their own class , than ...
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... common industry , affect the sensations of others , who partake not ; and feel chagrin and dissatisfaction with their state in life . Such gains sap the foundation of common industry . For what man will be equally content to labour in ...
... common industry , affect the sensations of others , who partake not ; and feel chagrin and dissatisfaction with their state in life . Such gains sap the foundation of common industry . For what man will be equally content to labour in ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
TOWARDS WORK AND WEALTH | 11 |
Ben Franklin and the American Paradigm | 20 |
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