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The Self-Made Man: Myth and Reality of an American Phenomenon

Name: The Self-Made Man: Myth and Reality of an American Phenomenon
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Author: Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftlerin Kira Kogan
ISBN: 978-3-656-47658-0

Research Paper (undergraduate), 2010

28 Pages, Grade: 1,3

Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftlerin Kira Kogan (Author)

Excerpt

1 Introduction

2 Historical Background
2.1 Characteristics of American Individualism
2.2 Individualism bred by Puritanism

3 Self- made Men of America
3.1 Benjamin Franklin
3.2 Abraham Lincoln
3.3 Andrew Carnegie

4 Social Darwinism and The Gilded Age
4.1 Individualism as Expression of Social Darwinism
4.2 Mythic Individualism

5 Progressivism
5.1 Individualism in Times of Progressivism
5.2 Great Depression
5.3 Henry Ford

6 Paradoxes of Individualism
6.1 Middle- Class Conformity
6.2 Altruism hidden in Individualism

7 Conclusion

8 Bibliography

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Title: The Self-Made Man: Myth and Reality of an American Phenomenon
College: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Auslandswissenschaft)
Course: Hauptseminar: “Who are the Americans? Politics, Business and Culture from New York to California”
Grade: 1,3
Author: Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftlerin Kira Kogan (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 28
Catalog Number: V231210
ISBN (eBook): 9783656476030
ISBN (Book): 9783656476580
File size: 531 KB
Language: English
Keywords: self-, made, myth, reality, american, phenomenon

Quote paper: Diplom-Sozialwissenschaftlerin Kira Kogan (Author), 2010, The Self-Made Man: Myth and Reality of an American Phenomenon, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/231210

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guest on 11/10/2015

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guest on 11/10/2015

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