02621nam 2200637 a 450 991078335200332120191030193358.00-19-771122-70-19-983971-91-280-55891-10-19-803592-60-19-530398-9(CKB)1000000000029134(EBL)280924(OCoLC)466432508(SSID)ssj0000102021(PQKBManifestationID)11113735(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102021(PQKBWorkID)10043736(PQKB)11689700(Au-PeEL)EBL280924(CaPaEBR)ebr10085305(CaONFJC)MIL55891(PPN)146608917(MiAaPQ)EBC280924(EXLCZ)99100000000002913420020521d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American dream[electronic resource] a short history of an idea that shaped a nation /Jim CullenOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517325-2 0-19-515821-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.National characteristics, AmericanSocial valuesUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilizationPhilosophyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPhilosophyNational characteristics, American.Social values973Cullen Jim1962-1144308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783352003321The American dream3699331UNINA