Entertaining entrepreneurs : reality TV's Shark Tank and the American dream in uncertain times /
"In 2007, with the advent of the Great Recession, tens of millions of Americans faced challenges that threatened their economic and psychological well-being. Central to this recession were the threats to the nexus between family and work, with many forces hollowing out the middle class and grea...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press
2020.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469659459_horowitz |
Table of Contents:
- The Apprentice: Mark Burnett and the American Dream
- School of sharks
- The artifice of perfectly pitched dramas
- A world full of pitches
- Sharks everywhere
- Outside the tank
- Enterprising organizations
- Conflicting visions of entrepreneurship
- American dreams, American nightmares