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Ambition: The Secret Passion
Sketches of eminent Americans and a pointed reconsideration of the ingredients of the American Dream form a fascinating social history. "Should be must reading in executive suites as well as college classrooms."-Forbes.
Book Details
- Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
- Publish Date: Aug 1st, 1989
- Pages: 324
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.47in - 5.50in - 0.98in - 0.86lb
- EAN: 9780929587189
- Categories: • Social History• General• United States - General
About the Author
Joseph Epstein, editor of the American Scholar, teaches literature at Northwestern University. His other books include Divorced in America and several collections of essays, the most recent of which is Partial Payments.
Praise for this book
A good amount of wit and with the clear, straightforward analysis of a man with a point of view.... Epstein writes fluently, in clear, elegant sentences, about a complex and philosophically interesting idea.