99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life by Adam Chandler

99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life

Adam Chandler

304 pages first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction economics history medium-paced
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An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This phrase, arguably Thomas Edison’s most famous qu...

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