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The American dream : a short history of an idea / Jim P. Cullen.
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Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cullen, Jim, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, American.
- Social values--United States.
- Social values.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Civilization--Philosophy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work discusses the reality of the ambiguous but galvanizing concept of the American Dream, a concept that for better and worse has proven to be amazingly elastic and durable for hundreds of years and across racial, class, and other demographic lines.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771122-7
- 0-19-983971-9
- 1-280-55891-1
- 0-19-803592-6
- 0-19-530398-9
- OCLC:
- 466432508
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