The American Work Ethic: Working More Than 9 to 5

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The series begins with Mordecai: An Early American Family, Emily Bingham's vivid account of three generations of a southern Jewish family.
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The second session focuses on You May Plow Here: The Narrative of Sarah Brooks, which captures the harsh realities of the life of subsistence farmers in early 20th century America.
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This session explores Paper Daughter: A Memoir, M. Elaine Mar's intimate portrait of her experience as a Chinese immigrant in Colorado during the 1970s and 80s.
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The series closes with a discussion of Jack Kerouac's classic, On The Road, his tale of the postwar countercluture generation that rejected conventional notions of hard work.
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