Format:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780700623112
Content:
"Jillson provides historical context for understanding the basic values of freedom and equal opportunity for all, but the strength of the work is his use of contemporary literature to interrogate these ideas in the lives of American citizens. The work of James Fenimore Cooper, William Wells Brown, and Toni Morrison, among many, provides nuanced analysis of limits of the American Dream and of the necessity of agitation for changes to make the American dream relevant for all citizens."--Choice.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Ambiguity of the Dream in American History -- 2. The Promise and Peril of Life in the New World -- 3. The Founders' Dream and Its Limits -- 4. Democracy and Melancholy: The Visions and Fears of Emerson, Melville, and Lincoln -- 5. Individualism and Combination in the Age of the Robber Barons -- 6. The Dream in Prosperity and Depression -- 7. The Dream Unmoored: The Rise of Entitlement from Truman to LBJ -- 8. The Dream in Doubt: Opportunity to Uncertainty from Reagan to Obama -- 9. American Dreams and Doubts in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
9780700623105
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780700623105
Language:
English
