McGee, Micki. Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life.(Book review) From: International Social Science Review | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Pi Gamma Mu. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

McGee, Micki. Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 199 pages. Cloth, $29.95.

A thought-provoking and well-written account, Self-Help, Inc. offers a comprehensive analysis of the culture of the literary self-improvement movement. The author provides detailed examples and description of metaphors to show how cultural changes have influenced and continue to influence the self-help generation. McGee conveys to the reader that self-invention can be traced back to Benjamin Franklin's model of the self-made gentleman-citizen ...

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