Restless Nation: Starting Over in America

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University of Chicago Press, 2009 M01 23 - 276 pages
In Restless Nation, James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the "fresh start"—a belief that still has Americans moving from place to place faster than the citizens of any other nation.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 The Land of the Dream
17
2 The Most Likely to Succeed
41
3 New Places Names and Selves
63
4 Boom Land
97
5 The Great Lottery
127
6 An Alien Power
157
7 The Culture of Flight
186
8 Fleeing the Nest
220
Are Americans Ready to Settle Down?
241
Suggestions for Further Reading
255
Notes
267
Index
277
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James M. Jasper is the coauthor of The Animal Rights Crusade and author of Nuclear Politics and The Art of Moral Protest, published by the University of Chicago Press

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