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Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State
Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State
Author: Bruce Robbins
We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robb...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691146638
ISBN-10: 0691146632
Publication Date: 12/21/2009
Pages: 330
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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