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The American dream : a short history of an idea that shaped a nation / Jim Cullen
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: Online-RessourceISBN:- 0195303989
- 0195158210
- 9780198035923
- 0198035926
- American dream
- Geschichte
- Lebensideal
- Selbstbild
- USA
- Social values
- National characteristics, American
- American Dream
- Social values ; United States
- United States ; Civilization ; Philosophy
- United States ; Politics and government ; Philosophy
- Electronic books
- Politics and government
- HISTORY ; State & Local ; General
- Civilization ; Philosophy
- United States
- Electronic books
- 973
- E169.1
Contents:
Summary: "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.Summary: 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.PPN: PPN: 168213136XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-4-HistColl | ZDB-4-EBA | ZDB-4-NLEBK | ZDB-1-NEL
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
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.
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