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The American dream: a short history of an idea that shaped a nation, ... The American Dream in the 21st Century (Temple University Press; 2011); 168 pages; ...
James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) [1] was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. [2]
The idea of Americans rising from humble origins to riches has been called a "civil religion", [4] "the bedrock upon which the American story has been anchored", [17] and part of the American identity (the American Dream [18]) This theme is celebrated in the lives of famous Americans such as Benjamin Franklin and Henry Ford, [4] and in popular ...
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that ...
The American Dream is over — at least in the way it was traditionally defined. That probably isn’t a surprise to younger generations who grew up during the Great Recession, faced a pandemic ...
But although roughly 50% of Americans in each racial and ethnic group said the American dream was attainable, Black Americans were about twice as likely as respondents in other groups (11%) to say ...
A positive review in USA Today summarized the book as follows: . Smith shows how corporate chieftains in cahoots with their stockholders rather than their employees sold out those employees — sold them out with the blessing of U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, U.S. presidents, presidential appointees at executive branch agencies and a bare majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices ...
The American dream has turned into a fantasy for many people living in the U.S. At the heart of the national ethos is the belief that anyone can achieve a happy life through hard work and ...