ISBN:
0195303989
,
0195158210
,
9780198035923
,
0198035926
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Keywords:
Social values
;
National characteristics, American
;
American Dream
;
Social values United States
;
National characteristics, American
;
American Dream
;
Social values
;
National characteristics, American.
;
Social values
;
Social values ; United States
;
United States ; Civilization ; Philosophy
;
United States ; Politics and government ; Philosophy
;
Electronic books
;
National characteristics, American
;
Politics and government
;
Social values
;
HISTORY ; State & Local ; General
;
Civilization ; Philosophy
;
American Dream
;
Geschichte
;
Lebensideal
;
Selbstbild
;
United States Politics and government
;
Philosophy
;
United States Civilization
;
Philosophy
;
United States Civilization
;
Philosophy
;
United States Politics and government
;
Philosophy
;
United States
;
United States Civilization
;
Philosophy
;
United States Politics and government
;
Philosophy
;
United States Civilization
;
Philosophy.
;
United States Politics and government
;
Philosophy.
;
United States
;
USA
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
American dream
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Lebensideal
;
Selbstbild
;
Geschichte
;
American dream
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Lebensideal
;
Selbstbild
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"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.
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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