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The American dream : a cultural history / Lawrence R. Samuel.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .S235 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samuel, Lawrence R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Popular culture--United States--History.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- American Dream.
- Physical Description:
- 241 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Author and cultural consultant Lawrence R. Samuel presents this analysis of the history of the "The American Dream" as a driving concept in social development in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Tracing the use of the phrase itself from its origin in 1931, through a series of re-introductions into the popular discourse over time, the work examines media and journalism on the subject and explores the effects of a "dream" narrative, ultimately untrue and unrealizable, on class and the development of American culture. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The epic of America
- The status seekers
- The anti-paradise
- Born in the USA
- The anxious society
- American idol.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815610076
- 0815610076
- OCLC:
- 795164618
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