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Happiness for all? : unequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream / Carol Graham.
LIBRA HN90.S65 G73 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Carol, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility--United States.
- Social mobility.
- United States.
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- American Dream.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Happiness for All: Living the Dream? 1
- Chapter 2 What Happened to Horatio Alger? U.S. Trends in Inequality and Opportunity in Comparative Perspective 22
- Chapter 3 Who Believes in the American Dream? Public Attitudes about Mobility in the United States and Beyond 42
- Chapter 4 The High Costs of Being Poor in the Land of the Dream: Stress, Insecurity, and Lack of Hope 76
- Chapter 5 Well-Being, Aspirations, and Outcomes: What Do We Know? 120
- Chapter 6 Can We Save the Dream? 136.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691169460
- 0691169462
- OCLC:
- 958799347
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