Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781315776170
,
9781317689669
,
9781317689676
Content:
ch. 1. The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- ch. 2. Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- ch. 3. Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- ch. 4. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the great depression -- ch. 5. We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- ch. 6. Suburban utopia : the postwar middle- class fantasy -- ch. 7. Is that all there is? Challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- ch. 8. Massive wealth as moral reward : the Reagan revolution and individualism -- ch. 9. Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138023949
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138023956
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138023949
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315776170
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