02728cam a2200337 4500 525190312 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781568588315 1568588313 B074M61YBF Amazon b7f3c86f-3a26-4d43-8b5c-e3cf43f96aea OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3390957 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Weisberg, Jessica. Asking for a Friend [Libby] : Three Centuries of Advice on Life, Love, Money, and Other Burning Questions from a Nation Obsessed. PublicAffairs, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1619kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1627kB. History. Reference. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>A delightful history of American's obsession with advice and—from Poor Richard to Dr. Spock to Miss Manners</b> <p><br /></p> <p>Americans, for all our talk of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, obsessively seek advice on matters large and small. Perhaps precisely because we believe in bettering ourselves and our circumstances in life, we ask for guidance constantly. And this has been true since our nation's earliest days: from the colonial era on, there have always been people eager to step up and offer advice, some of it lousy, some of it thoughtful, but all of it read and debated by generations of Americans.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Jessica Weisberg takes readers on a tour of the advice-givers who have made their names, and sometimes their fortunes, by telling Americans what to do. You probably don't want to follow all the advice they proffered. Eating graham crackers will not make you a better person, and wearing blue to work won't guarantee a promotion. But for all that has changed in American life, it's a comfort to know that our hang-ups, fears, and hopes have not. We've always loved seeking advice—so long as it's anonymous, and as long as it's clear that we're not asking for ourselves; we're just asking for a friend.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7f3c86f-3a26-4d43-8b5c-e3cf43f96aea&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7f3c86f-3a26-4d43-8b5c-e3cf43f96aea&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7f3c86f-3a26-4d43-8b5c-e3cf43f96aea&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)