Format:
Online-Ressource
ISBN:
0195303989
,
0195158210
,
9780198035923
,
0198035926
Content:
"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Dream Country -- CHAPTER 1 Dream of the Good Life (I): The Puritan Enterprise -- CHAPTER 2 Dream Charter: The Declaration of Independence -- CHAPTER 3 Dream of the Good Life (II): Upward Mobility -- CHAPTER 4 King of America: The Dream of Equality -- CHAPTER 5 Detached Houses: The Dream of Home Ownership -- CHAPTER 6 Dream of the Good Life (III): The Coast -- Conclusion: Extending the Dream -- Notes on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: A dream country -- Dream of the good life (I) : the Puritan enterprise -- Dream charter : The declaration of independence -- Dream of the good life (II) : upward mobility -- King of America : the dream of equality -- Detached houses : the dream of home ownership -- Dream of the good life (III) : the coast -- Conclusion: Extending the dream
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Introduction: A dream countryDream of the good life (I) : the Puritan enterprise -- Dream charter : The Declaration of Independence -- Dream of the good life (II) : upward mobility -- King of America : the dream of equality -- Detached houses : the dream of home ownership -- Dream of the good life (III) : the coast -- Conclusion: Extending the dream.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195158212
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
American Studies
Keywords:
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;
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;
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;
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;
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