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Autore: |
Cullen Jim <1962->
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Titolo: |
The American dream [[electronic resource] ] : a short history of an idea that shaped a nation / / Jim Cullen
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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 | |
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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-771122-7 |
0-19-983971-9 | |
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.: | 9910783352003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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