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    The document discusses how American literature and culture shifted from a Protestant ethic of individualism to a social ethic emphasizing cooperation and collectivism between the 1930s and 1950s. This represented a major philosophical change in the United States, moving the country from an emphasis on individual rewards to a focus on community and shared prosperity.

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    The document discusses how American literature and culture shifted from a Protestant ethic of individualism to a social ethic emphasizing cooperation and collectivism between the 1930s and 1950s. This represented a major philosophical change in the United States, moving the country from an emphasis on individual rewards to a focus on community and shared prosperity.

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    Turning America Inside Out:

    Literature and the Shift from Protestant


    to Social Ethic in the 1950s
    For most of its existence, the dominant philosophy of the United
    States was the Protestant Ethic – the individualistic idea that you
    should work hard and not be too embarrassed about the rewards you
    reap. But in the 1930s through the 1950s, the Social Ethic, with its
    emphasis on cooperation and collectivism, took over. How did this
    happen? What could have moved so much of America from
    the city…

    to the suburbs?

    What could have turned America inside out?

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