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The American dream [[electronic resource] ] : a short history of an idea that shaped a nation / / Jim Cullen



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Autore: Cullen Jim <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The American dream [[electronic resource] ] : a short history of an idea that shaped a nation / / Jim Cullen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
Disciplina: 973
Soggetto topico: National characteristics, American
Social values - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Philosophy
United States Politics and government Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The American dream  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-55891-1
0-19-803592-6
0-19-530398-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450095103321
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