The Image: Or, What Happened to the American Dream |
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... clubs . Nel- son Eddy , for example , once sent a Christmas box of choco- lates to each of the presidents of his fan clubs in different cities . The Bing Crosby Club of Ramseur , North Carolina ( including 40 per cent of the population ) ...
... clubs . Nel- son Eddy , for example , once sent a Christmas box of choco- lates to each of the presidents of his fan clubs in different cities . The Bing Crosby Club of Ramseur , North Carolina ( including 40 per cent of the population ) ...
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... Clubs " ( R. R. Bowker Memorial Lecture , 1947 ) , interpreting her twenty years ' experience on the selection committee of the BOMC and offering a sensible defense of book clubs as one of many mechanisms " to keep up the book habit ...
... Clubs " ( R. R. Bowker Memorial Lecture , 1947 ) , interpreting her twenty years ' experience on the selection committee of the BOMC and offering a sensible defense of book clubs as one of many mechanisms " to keep up the book habit ...
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... clubs , 231 Churches , 230-231 , 249 Cigarettes , 218 , 253 Cinerama , 148 Circumlocutions , 202 , 204 , 252– 253 Citizen's world , unreality of , 30 Civil War , 8 , 13 , 123 Civilian Conservation camp , Florida , 20 Corps Consumers ...
... clubs , 231 Churches , 230-231 , 249 Cigarettes , 218 , 253 Cinerama , 148 Circumlocutions , 202 , 204 , 252– 253 Citizen's world , unreality of , 30 Civil War , 8 , 13 , 123 Civilian Conservation camp , Florida , 20 Corps Consumers ...
Contents
Extravagant Expectations | 3 |
From the American Dream to American Illusions? | 239 |
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING | 263 |
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