The American Dream ：In History, Politics, and Fiction

Publication subTitle ：In History, Politics, and Fiction

Author： Jillson > Calvin C.  

Publisher： University Press of Kansas‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9780700623112

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780700623105

Subject： D0 Political Theory;D08 Other political theory problems;I Literature;I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;K7 Americas History

Keyword： 其他政治理论问题,政治理论,文学评论、文学欣赏,文学,美洲史

Language： ENG

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Chapter

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The Ambiguity of the Dream in American History

2. The Promise and Peril of Life in the New World

3. The Founders’ Dream and Its Limits

4. Democracy and Melancholy: The Visions and Fears of Emerson, Melville, and Lincoln

5. Individualism and Combination in the Age of the Robber Barons

6. The Dream in Prosperity and Depression

7. The Dream Unmoored: The Rise of Entitlement from Truman to LBJ

8. The Dream in Doubt: Opportunity to Uncertainty from Reagan to Obama

9. American Dreams and Doubts in the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover

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