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Zuckerman, Michael. "7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger". Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, pp. 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520909281-008

Zuckerman, M. (1993). 7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger. In Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain (pp. 219-238). Berkeley: University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520909281-008

Zuckerman, M. 1993. 7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger. Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520909281-008

Zuckerman, Michael. "7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger" In Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain, 219-238. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520909281-008

Zuckerman M. 7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger. In: Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1993. p.219-238. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520909281-008

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Introduction 1
1. The Fabrication of Identity in Early America 21
2. The Social Context of Democracy in Massachusetts 55
3. Pilgrims in the Wilderness: Community, Modernity, and the Maypole at Merry Mount 77
4. The Family Life of William Byrd 97
5. The Selling of the Self: From Franklin to Barnum 145
6. The Power of Blackness: Thomas Jefferson and the Revolution in St. Domingue 175
7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger 219
8. Faith, Hope, Not Much Charity: The Optimistic Epistemology of Lewis Mumford 239
9. Dr. Spock: The Confidence Man 260
10. Ronald Reagan, Charles Beard, and the Constitution: The Uses of Enchantment 288

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Introduction 1
1. The Fabrication of Identity in Early America 21
2. The Social Context of Democracy in Massachusetts 55
3. Pilgrims in the Wilderness: Community, Modernity, and the Maypole at Merry Mount 77
4. The Family Life of William Byrd 97
5. The Selling of the Self: From Franklin to Barnum 145
6. The Power of Blackness: Thomas Jefferson and the Revolution in St. Domingue 175
7. The Nursery Tales of Horatio Alger 219
8. Faith, Hope, Not Much Charity: The Optimistic Epistemology of Lewis Mumford 239
9. Dr. Spock: The Confidence Man 260
10. Ronald Reagan, Charles Beard, and the Constitution: The Uses of Enchantment 288

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