Something for Nothing: Luck in America (ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying
the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and
mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom
that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and
disciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to the
deep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through our
entire history from colonial times to the early twenty-first
century, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped
and, at times, defined our national character.

　　Jackson Lears is the author of several books, including
Fables of Abundance, winner of the Los Angeles Times
Book Prize for history. Editor of the distinguished journal
Raritan, he is a Board of Governors Professor of History at
Rutgers and writes frequently for the New Republic,
Nation, and other magazines.

INTRODUCTION
GAMBLING FOR GRACE
CHAPTER ONE
THE DANCE OF DIVINATION
CHAPTER TWO
THE AMUSEMENTS OF THE ALEHOUSE
CHAPTER   THREE
CONFIDENCE GAMES
CHAPTER FOUR
THE WANING OF PROVIDENCE
CHAPTER FIVE
THE INCOMPLETE TAMING OF CHANCE
CHAPTER SIX
THE UNCERTAIN TRIUMPH OF MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE PERSISTENT ALLURE OF ACCIDENT
EPILOGUE
NOTES
CREDITS
INDEX