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Corner-Store Dreams and the 2008 Financial Crisis: A True Story about Risk, Entrepreneurship, Immigration, and Latino-Anglo Friendship: Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology

Autor Peter Wogan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 iul 2018
This book tells the incredible true story of Ranulfo Juárez, a Mexican immigrant. After working for years in the fields of Oregon and becoming a U.S. citizen, Ranulfo started making plans to buy a small bakery in 2005. But not knowing if the economy would hold steady, Ranulfo examined his dreams every morning in search of secret clues foretelling insight and a successful bakery—or homelessness. Ranulfo also enlisted author Peter Wogan, a white anthropology professor with a penchant for self-doubt, as his confidante and sidekick in this quest. Readers won’t know until the end whether Ranulfo became another innocent victim of the Financial Crisis of 2008, but, throughout, they will see Ranulfo and Peter confront naysayers and cheats, as well as their own differences and fears. Like Don Quixote, this book is comical, subversive, and inspirational.  
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319848624
ISBN-10: 3319848623
Pagini: 229
Ilustrații: XII, 229 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Cutting the Cloth.- 2. Invitation.- 3. Teaming Up.- 4. Saints of the Casino.- 5. Car Crash.- 6. Trip to Mexico.- 7. Don Quixote Rides Again.- 8. Searching for the Key.- 9. A Moon Shot.- 10. Visit to Campus.- 11. Confronting the Enemy.- 12. Mysteries of Money.- 13. Garbage Dream.- 14. Crash Warning.- 15. Stopping Time.- 16. Into the Mystic.- 17. Plan B.- 18. Mr. Success or Mr. Worthless?.- 19. Financial Crisis.- 20. Wrecking Ball.- 21. Respect for the Turtle. 


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Notă biografică

Peter Wogan is the author of Magical Writing in Salasaca and co-author of Hollywood Blockbusters. He is Professor of Anthropology at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, USA.  

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This book tells the incredible true story of Ranulfo Juárez, a Mexican immigrant. After working for years in the fields of Oregon and becoming a U.S. citizen, Ranulfo started making plans to buy a small bakery in 2005. But not knowing if the economy would hold steady, Ranulfo examined his dreams every morning in search of secret clues foretelling insight and a successful bakery—or homelessness. Ranulfo also enlisted author Peter Wogan, a white anthropology professor with a penchant for self-doubt, as his confidante and sidekick in this quest. Readers won’t know until the end whether Ranulfo became another innocent victim of the Financial Crisis of 2008, but, throughout, they will see Ranulfo and Peter confront naysayers and cheats, as well as their own differences and fears. Like Don Quixote, this book is comical, subversive, and inspirational.  

Caracteristici

Gives readers a subversive, funny, and inspirational narrative, like Don Quixote Tells a moving story about middle-aged struggles to overcome isolation Provides insight into Latino culture, prescient dreams, the Financial Crisis, and the heroics of small-business owners