02875nam 22007572 450 991080787260332120240410130826.00-19-771122-70-19-983971-91-280-55891-10-19-803592-60-19-530398-910.1093/oso/9780195158212.001.0001(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(OCoLC)1406787503(StDuBDS)9780197711224(EXLCZ)99100000000002913420021217e20232003 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American dream a short history of an idea /Jim P. Cullen1st ed.New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (225 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2003.0-19-517325-2 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.Oxford scholarship online.National characteristics, AmericanSocial valuesUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesHistoryukslcUnited StatesCivilizationPhilosophyNational characteristics, American.Social valuesPopular cultureHistory.973Cullen Jim1962-1144308StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910807872603321The American dream4060209UNINA