Bright-sided: how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America
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Americans are a "positive" people--cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude.
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Ehrenreich, B., & Reading, K. (2009). Bright-sided: how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America. BBC Audiobooks America.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ehrenreich, Barbara and Kate, Reading. 2009. Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. BBC Audiobooks America.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ehrenreich, Barbara and Kate, Reading, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. BBC Audiobooks America, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ehrenreich, Barbara. and Kate Reading. Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. BBC Audiobooks America, 2009.
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