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  1. Is the American dream a myth?
    Contributor: Burns, Kate (Publisher)
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Greenhaven Press [u.a.], Farmington Hills, Mich.

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    Contributor: Burns, Kate (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0737734930; 9780737734935; 0737734949; 9780737734942
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    Series: At issue series : Social issues
    Subjects: American Dream; Social mobility; Quality of life
    Scope: 100 S., 24 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. 91 - 96

    The American dream still exists / Matthew Warshauer -- The American dream does not exist/ Lorie A. Johnson -- Today's economy is killing the American dream / Robert D. Atkinson -- The American dream is possible in today's economy / Barack Obama -- Affirmative action ensures equal access to the American dream / Philip M. Deutsch -- Affirmative action goes against the spirit of the American dream / Fritz Vaughn -- The dream of home ownership is still possible / Alphonso Jackson -- The dream of home ownership is unattainable for many Americans / Barbara J. Lipman -- Immigration keeps the American dream alive / Rupert Murdoch -- Immigration destroys the American dream / John C. Vinson -- Immigrants face barriers in realizing the American dream / Patricia Maldonado ... [et al.]
  2. Manifesto for a dream
    inequality, constraint, and radical reform
    Author: Jackson, Michelle
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Stanford University Press, Stanford, California

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781503614154
    RVK Categories: MS 1300
    Subjects: USA; Soziale Ungleichheit; Reform; American dream; Gleichheit;
    Other subjects: Equality / Sociological aspects; Equality / United States; American Dream; American Dream; Equality; United States
    Scope: xiv, 175 Seiten
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [139]-168
  3. <<The>> American dream
    a cultural history
    Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Syracuse Univ. Press, Syracuse, NY

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780815610076
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: National characteristics, American; Popular culture; American Dream
    Scope: 241 S.
  4. Happiness for all?
    unequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream
    Author: Graham, Carol
    Published: [2017]
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780691169460; 0691169462
    RVK Categories: MS 1235
    Subjects: USA; Armut; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Mobilität; American dream;
    Other subjects: Social mobility / United States; Social classes / United States; Equality / United States; American Dream; United States / Social conditions; United States / Economic conditions
    Scope: xv, 192 Seiten, Diagramme, Karten, 25 cm
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    Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite [173]-185
  5. Behold, America
    a history of America First and the American Dream
    Author: Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing, London

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781408894804; 9781526601131
    Subjects: American Dream; American dream; Konservativismus
    Scope: xiii, 356 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22 cm
  6. What We Mean by the American Dream
    Stories We Tell about Meritocracy
    Author: Taussig, Doron
    Published: [2021]; ©2021
    Publisher:  Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY ; Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin

    Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up, in our working lives, roughly where we deserve to be based on our efforts and... more

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    Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up, in our working lives, roughly where we deserve to be based on our efforts and abilities—in other words, the United States is supposed to be a meritocracy. When Americans think and talk about our lives, we grapple with this idea, asking how a person got to where he or she is, and whether they earned it. In What We Mean by the American Dream, Taussig tries to find out how we answer that question.Weaving together interviews with Americans from many walks of life—as well as stories told in American media about prominent figures from politics, sports, and business—What We Mean by the American Dream investigates how Americans think about whether an individual deserves an opportunity, job, termination, paycheck, or fortune. Taussig looks into the fabric of American life to witness how various people including dairy farmers, police officers, dancers, handymen, teachers, computer techs, students, store clerks, the unemployed, housewives, and even drug dealers got to where they are today and whether they have earned it or not.Taussig's frank assessment of the state of the American workforce and its dreams allows him to truly and meaningfully ask the question that underpins so many of our political debates and personal frustrations, did you earn it? By doing so, he sheds new light on what we mean by—and how we can deliver on—the American Dream of today.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501754708
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    RVK Categories: MS 1530
    Subjects: Soziale Mobilität; Meritokratie; American dream; American Dream; Social mobility; Success; Communications; Labor History; Sociology & Social Science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
    Other subjects: success and failure, beliefs about the american dream, societal meritocracy, inequality, measuring success, class
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (200 p.)
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    Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
  7. Just work for all
    the American dream in the 21st century
    Author: Preiss, Joshua
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Routledge, London ; Taylor & Francis Group, New York

    "This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their... more

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    "This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their families in the 21st Century. Integrating political philosophy and the history of political thought with recent work in economics, political science, and sociology, this work calls for renewed political and policy commitment to Just Work. Such a commitment is essential to combat the negative moral externalities of an economy where the fruits of growth are increasingly claimed by a relatively small portion of the population: slower growth, rising inequality, declining absolute mobility, dying communities, the erosion of social solidarity, lack of faith in political leaders and institutions, exploding debt, ethnic and nationalist backlash, widespread hopelessness, and the rapid rise in what economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case call deaths of despair. As COVID-19 threatens to pour gasoline on these winner-take-all fires, further concentrating economic and political power in the hands of those best suited to withstand (and even profit from) the pandemic-driven economic crisis. In this book, the author provides a model for understanding the American Dream and making it a reality in a post COVID-19 economy. A tour de force, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of political philosophy, political economy, political theory, and economics, as well as for the layperson trying to make sense of the post-pandemic world"--...

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781003141969
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    RVK Categories: QG 600 ; QV 200 ; QV 300
    Subjects: American dream; Political science; Economic development; American Dream; Income distribution; Coronavirus infections
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 187 Seiten)
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    Literaturangaben

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  8. What we mean by the American dream
    stories we tell about meritocracy
    Author: Taussig, Doron
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  ILR Press, Ithaca ; Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This text invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up roughly where we deserve to be in our working lives based on our efforts & abilities; in... more

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    This text invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up roughly where we deserve to be in our working lives based on our efforts & abilities; in other words, the United States is supposed to be a meritocracy. When Americans think & talk about our lives, we grapple with this idea, asking how a person got to where he or she is & whether he or she earned it. This book tries to find out how we answer those questions. It investigates how we think about whether an individual deserves an opportunity, job, termination, paycheck, or fortune. The book looks into the fabric of American life to explore how various people, including dairy farmers, police officers, dancers, teachers, computer technicians, students, store clerks, the unemployed, homemakers, & even drug dealers got to where they are today & whether they earned it.

     
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    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501754708
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    RVK Categories: MS 1530
    Series: Cornell scholarship online
    Subjects: Soziale Mobilität; Meritokratie; American dream; Social mobility; American Dream; Success
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (186 pages).
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    Also issued in print: 2021

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  9. The American dream and the American nightmare
    Author: Freese, Peter
    Published: 1987

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    Language: German
    Media type: Book
    RVK Categories: AL 57000 ; AL 57001 ; AV 40700 ; AV 47000 ; HR 1640
    Series: Universität <Paderborn>: Paderborner Universitätsreden ; 7
    Subjects: American Dream; Lebensideal; American dream; Amerikabild; Geschichte; Literatur
    Scope: 72 S., Ill.
  10. Just work for all
    the American Dream in the 21st century
    Author: Preiss, Joshua
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London

    "This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their... more

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    "This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their families in the 21st Century. Integrating political philosophy and the history of political thought with recent work in economics, political science, and sociology, this work calls for renewed political and policy commitment to Just Work. Such a commitment is essential to combat the negative moral externalities of an economy where the fruits of growth are increasingly claimed by a relatively small portion of the population: slower growth, rising inequality, declining absolute mobility, dying communities, the erosion of social solidarity, lack of faith in political leaders and institutions, exploding debt, ethnic and nationalist backlash, widespread hopelessness, and the rapid rise in what economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case call deaths of despair. As COVID-19 threatens to pour gasoline on these winner-take-all fires, further concentrating economic and political power in the hands of those best suited to withstand (and even profit from) the pandemic-driven economic crisis. In this book, the author provides a model for understanding the American Dream and making it a reality in a post COVID-19 economy. A tour de force, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of political philosophy, political economy, political theory, and economics, as well as for the layperson trying to make sense of the post-pandemic world."

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780367694883; 9780367640507
    RVK Categories: QG 620 ; QC 200
    Subjects: Arbeit; Wirtschaftssoziologie; Einkommensverteilung; Politische Philosophie; Coronavirus; USA; Political science; Economic development; American Dream; Income distribution; Coronavirus infections
    Scope: xii, 187 Seiten, 24 cm
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 176-183. Index
  11. The American dream
    a cultural history
    Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Syracuse University Press, Syracuse

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    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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    ISBN: 9780815651871
    RVK Categories: HD 470
    Edition: 1st ed
    Subjects: Geschichte; American Dream; National characteristics, American; Popular culture; American dream
    Scope: 241 p
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-227, 229-234) and index
  12. In search of a dream America
    place in the life writing of Eastern European immigrants
    Author: Rodimtseva, Irina V.
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  Peter Lang, Bern ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt am Main ; New York ; Oxford ; Warszawa ; Wien

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    ISBN: 9783034324236; 3034324235
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    RVK Categories: HU 1691 ; KD 6750
    DDC Categories: 420
    Series: Immigration from Europe to North America ; vol. 02
    Subjects: Osteuropäischer Einwanderer; Migrantenliteratur; Platz <Motiv>; Raum <Motiv>; Amerikabild
    Other subjects: Antin, Mary (1881-1949); Hoffman, Eva (1945-); Limonov, Ėduard (1943-2020); Aksënov, Vasilij Pavlovič (1932-2009); 20th Century; America; American Dream; American Literature; Dream; Eastern; Eastern Europe; European; Immigrant Literature; Immigrants; Life; Place; Rodimtseva; Search; Writing
    Scope: 251 Seiten, Illustrationen, 22.5 cm x 15 cm
  13. Happiness for all?
    unequal hopes and lives in pursuit of the American dream
    Author: Graham, Carol
    Published: [2017]
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

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  14. La fin du rêve américain?
    Author: Henneton, Lauric
    Published: [octobre 2017]
    Publisher:  Odile Jacob, Paris

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  15. America(n) matters
    selected essays
    Author: Freese, Peter
    Published: [2018]; © 2018
    Publisher:  Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg

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    Contributor: Mitchell, Michael (Publisher); Wierschem, Markus (Publisher)
    Language: English; German
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    ISBN: 9783825368524; 3825368521
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    RVK Categories: HD 143
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    Series: American studies ; Volume 283
    Subjects: Deutschlandbild; American dream; Kulturvergleich; Literatur
    Other subjects: amerikanische Literatur; amerikanische Kultur; American Dream; Deutschlandbild; Pynchon, Thomas; Vonnegut, Kurt; Technologie; Wissenschaft; Apokalyse; Entropie; Malamud, Bernard; Kurzgeschichte; Short Story; Doctorow, Edgar Lawrence; Multikulturalismus; Ellis, Bret Easton; Populärkultur; Popmusik; Hughes, Sam; Keys, Alicia; Jay-Z; Hillerman, Tony; Toole, John Kennedy; Boyle, T. C.; kulturelle Identität; ethnic studies
    Scope: 599 Seiten, Illustrationen, 21 cm x 13.5 cm
  16. Under the red, white and blue
    patriotism, disenchantment and the stubborn myth of The Great Gatsby
    Author: Marcus, Greil
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Yale University Press, New Haven ; London

    Renowned critic Greil Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. An enthralling parable (or a cheap metaphor) of the American Dream as a beckoning finger toward a con game, a kind of virus infecting artists of... more

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    Renowned critic Greil Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. An enthralling parable (or a cheap metaphor) of the American Dream as a beckoning finger toward a con game, a kind of virus infecting artists of all sorts over nearly a century, Fitzgerald's story has become a key to American culture and American life itself. Marcus follows the arc of The Great Gatsby from 1925 into the ways it has insinuated itself into works by writers such as Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler; found echoes in the work of performers from Jelly Roll Morton to Lana Del Rey; and continued to rewrite both its own story and that of the country at large in the hands of dramatists and filmmakers from the 1920s to John Collins's 2006 Gatz and Baz Luhrmann's critically reviled (here celebrated) 2013 movie version--the fourth, so far

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780300228908
    RVK Categories: HU 3625
    Subjects: American Dream; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Rezeption
    Other subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott / (Francis Scott) / 1896-1940 / Great Gatsby; Fitzgerald, F. Scott / (Francis Scott) / 1896-1940 / Criticism and interpretation; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940): The great Gatsby
    Scope: 165 Seiten, Illustrationen
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    Subway -- A Patriotic Swerve -- A Book Everyone Has Heard Of -- Reading the Book -- The Ferment -- At the Movies -- "He too was a Great Gatsby" -- Fable
  17. We have overcome
    an immigrant's letter to the American people
    Author: Hill, Jason D.
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  Bombardier Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press, New York

    "A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted... more

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    "A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. It has been more than fifty years since the Civil Rights Act enshrined equality under the law for all Americans. Since that time, America has enjoyed an era of unprecedented prosperity, domestic and international peace, and technological advancement. It’s almost as if removing the shackles of enforced racial discrimination has liberated Americans of all races and ethnicities to become their better selves, and to work toward common goals in ways that our ancestors would have envied. But the dominant narrative, repeated in the media and from the angry mouths of politicians and activists, is the exact opposite of the reality. They paint a portrait of an America rife with racial and ethnic division, where minorities are mired in a poverty worse than slavery, and white people stand at the top of an unfairly stacked pyramid of privilege. Jason D. Hill corrects the narrative in this powerfully eloquent book. Dr. Hill came to this country at the age of twenty from Jamaica and, rather than being faced with intractable racial bigotry, Hill found a land of bountiful opportunity--a place where he could get a college education, earn a doctorate in philosophy, and eventually become a tenured professor at a top university, an internationally recognized scholar, and the author of several respected books in his field. Throughout his experiences, it wasn’t a racist establishment that sought to keep him down. Instead, Hill recounts, he faced constant naysaying from so-called liberals of all races. His academic colleagues did not celebrate the success of a black immigrant but chose to denigrate them because this particular black immigrant did not embrace their ideology of victimization. Part memoir, part exhortation to his fellow Americans, and, above all, a paean to the American Dream and the magnificent country that makes it possible, We Have Overcome is the most important and provocative book about race relations to be published in this century."--Page 4 of cover

     
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  18. Alienated America
    why some places thrive while others collapse
    Author: Carney, Timothy P.
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY

    Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American... more

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    Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage, church, and civic life. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump proclaimed, "the American dream is dead," and this message resonated across the country. Why do so many people believe that the American dream is no longer within reach? Growing inequality, stubborn pockets of immobility, rising rates of deadly addiction, the increasing and troubling fact that where you start determines where you end up, heightening political strife--these are the disturbing realities threatening ordinary American lives today. The standard accounts pointed to economic problems among the working class, but the root was a cultural collapse: While the educated and wealthy elites still enjoy strong communities, most blue-collar Americans lack strong communities and institutions that bind them to their neighbors. And outside of the elites, the central American institution has been religion. That is, it's not the factory closings that have torn us apart; it's the church closings. The dissolution of our most cherished institutions--nuclear families, places of worship, civic organizations--has not only divided us, but eroded our sense of worth, belief in opportunity, and connection to one another. In Alienated America, Carney visits all corners of America, from the dim country bars of Southwestern Pennsylvania., to the bustling Mormon wards of Salt Lake City, and explains the most important data and research to demonstrate how the social connection is the great divide in America. He shows that Trump's surprising victory was the most visible symptom of this deep-seated problem. In addition to his detailed exploration of how a range of societal changes have, in tandem, damaged us, Carney provides a framework that will lead us back out of a lonely, modern wilderness

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780062797100
    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: Niedergang; American dream; Soziale Situation
    Other subjects: United States / Social life and customs / 21st century; United States / History / 21st century; American Dream; Communities / United States / Social conditions / 21st century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity; American Dream; United States / Social life and customs / 21st century; United States / History / 21st century; American Dream; Manners and customs; United States; 2000-2099; Nonfiction; History
    Scope: xiv, 348 pages, illustrations, 24 cm
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    It takes a village : where the American dream lives -- Progress at a price : the changing American dream, 1955-2018 -- "They've chosen not to keep up" : is it economics or culture? -- American decay : broken places, broken people -- "I don't" : the dissolution of the family -- Bowling alone : the dissolution of civil society -- It's about church : America's indispensable institution -- Overcentralization : how big business and bit government erode civil society -- Hyper-individualism : how the modern economy and the sexual revolution erode civil society -- The alienated : Trump country -- The elites : the village of man -- The church people : the village of God -- Overcoming alienation : problems and solutions
  19. Race, sport and the American dream
    Author: Smith, Earl
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Carolina Acad. Press, Durham, NC

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    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781611634877
    Edition: 3. ed.
    Subjects: African American athletes; Sports; Racism in sports; American Dream; Schwarze; Diskriminierung; Rassismus; Sportler; American dream; Sport
    Scope: XXXVII, 282 S.
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  20. Seeking the American Dream
    a sociological inquiry
    Author: Hauhart, Robert C.
    Published: [2016]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York

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    ISBN: 1137540249; 9781137540249
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    RVK Categories: MS 1235
    DDC Categories: 300
    Subjects: American dream; Gesellschaft
    Other subjects: Achievement; American Dream; American exceptionalism; Capitalism; Community; Pursuit of Happiness; Social classes; Social mobility; Stratification; Success; Work Ethic
    Scope: XVI, 283 Seiten, 21 cm x 14.8 cm, 0 g
  21. A most violent year
    Contributor: Young, Bradford; Ebert, Alex; Goldsmith, John P.; Walicka-Maimone, Kasia; Isaac, Oscar; Chastain, Jessica; Oyelowo, David; Nivola, Alessandro
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Universum Film, München

    "Ein neu in die USA eingewanderter Unternehmer will Anfang der 1980er-Jahre mit einer Heizöl-Firma in New York das große Geschäft machen. Dabei legt er sich mit skrupellosen und gewalttätigen Konkurrenten an und gerät zunehmend in einen moralischen... more

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    "Ein neu in die USA eingewanderter Unternehmer will Anfang der 1980er-Jahre mit einer Heizöl-Firma in New York das große Geschäft machen. Dabei legt er sich mit skrupellosen und gewalttätigen Konkurrenten an und gerät zunehmend in einen moralischen Zwiespalt, als sich seine Firma nicht mehr mit legalen Mitteln betreiben lässt. Spannendes Krimidrama, das sich ambitioniert um eine tiefergehende Gesellschafts- und Charakterstudie bemüht. [...]" [film-dienst.de]

     
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    Contributor: Young, Bradford; Ebert, Alex; Goldsmith, John P.; Walicka-Maimone, Kasia; Isaac, Oscar; Chastain, Jessica; Oyelowo, David; Nivola, Alessandro
    Language: German; English
    Media type: Book
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    RVK Categories: AP 51400
    Subjects: Einwanderer; Immigrants; Public officers; American Dream; Einwanderer; American dream; Kriminalfilm; Korruption
    Scope: 1 DVD, PAL, Ländercode 2, 121 Min. + 75 Min. Bonusmaterial, farb., Dolby digital 5.1, 12 cm
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    Orig.: USA, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2014

    Enth. Making of ; entfallene Szenen ; Interview mit J. Chastain & O. Isaac ; Featurettes "Der amerikanische Traum" ; behind the scenes ; behind the fashion ; über Regisseur J.C. Chandor ; Audiokommentar von J.C. Chandor, Neal Dodson & Anna Gerb
  22. Disability, augmentative communication, and the American dream
    a qualitative inquiry
    Author: Berger, Ronald J.; Feucht, Jon A.; Flad, Jennifer
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Lexington Books, Lanham [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 9780739188941
    Subjects: People with disabilities; American Dream; Cerebrale Kinderlähmung; Qualitative Sozialforschung; American dream; Behinderter Mensch
    Scope: 126 p., Ill.
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  23. Manifesto for a dream
    inequality, constraint, and radical reform
    Author: Jackson, Michelle
    Published: [2021]; © 2021
    Publisher:  Stanford University Press, Stanford, California

    A searing critique of our contemporary policy agenda, and a call to implement radical change. Although it is well known that the United States has an inequality problem, the social science community has failed to mobilize in response. Social... more

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    A searing critique of our contemporary policy agenda, and a call to implement radical change. Although it is well known that the United States has an inequality problem, the social science community has failed to mobilize in response. Social scientists have instead adopted a strikingly insipid approach to policy reform, an ostensibly science-based approach that offers incremental, narrow-gauge, and evidence-informed "interventions." This approach assumes that the best that we can do is to contain the problem. It is largely taken for granted that we will never solve it. In Manifesto for a Dream Michelle Jackson asserts that we will never make strides toward equality if we do not start to think radically. It is the structure of social institutions that generates and maintains social inequality, and it is only by attacking that structure that progress can be made. Jackson makes a scientific case for large-scale institutional reform, drawing on examples from other countries to demonstrate that reforms that have been unthinkable in the United States are considered to be quite unproblematic in other contexts. She persuasively argues that an emboldened social science has an obligation to develop and test the radical policies that would be necessary for equality to be assured for all. --

     
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    ISBN: 9781503614154; 9781503611924
    RVK Categories: MS 1300
    Subjects: American dream; Reform; Soziale Ungleichheit; Gleichheit
    Other subjects: Equality / Sociological aspects; Equality / United States; American Dream; American Dream; Equality; United States
    Scope: xiv, 175 Seiten, 24 cm
  24. Hoffnung wagen
    Gedanken zur Rückbesinnung auf den American Dream
    Author: Obama, Barack
    Published: Oktober 2017
    Publisher:  Goldmann, München

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    Contributor: Dierlamm, Helmut; Schäfer, Ursel
    Language: German
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9783442159543; 3442159547
    RVK Categories: MG 70040 ; MG 70070 ; MG 70086
    Edition: 1. Auflage, Taschenbuchausgabe
    Series: Goldmann ; 15954
    Subjects: Senator; Wertorientierung; American dream
    Other subjects: Obama, Barack (1961-); Yes we can; Audacity of Hope; US-Präsident; Präsidentschaftskandidat; Friedensnobelpreis; Weißes Haus; American Dream; Hoffnungsträger; Michelle Obama
    Scope: 474 Seiten, 20 cm x 13.5 cm
  25. A time to build
    from family and community to Congress and the campus, how recommitting to our institutions can revive the American dream
    Author: Levin, Yuval
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Basic Books, New York

    "Americans are living through a social crisis. Populist firebrands -- on left and right alike -- propose to address the crisis through acts of tearing down. They describe themselves as destroying oppressive establishments, clearing weeds, draining... more

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    "Americans are living through a social crisis. Populist firebrands -- on left and right alike -- propose to address the crisis through acts of tearing down. They describe themselves as destroying oppressive establishments, clearing weeds, draining swamps. But, as acclaimed conservative intellectual Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription, rooted in a defective diagnosis. The social crisis we confront is defined not by an oppressive presence, but by a debilitating absence of forces that unite us and militate against alienation"--

     
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    ISBN: 9781541699274
    RVK Categories: MS 1235
    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: American dream; Gesellschaft; Krise; Konsens; Politische Institution
    Other subjects: United States / Social conditions / 21st century; Associations, institutions, etc / United States; Consensus (Social sciences) / History / 21st century; American Dream; American Dream; Associations, institutions, etc; Consensus (Social sciences); Social conditions; United States; 2000-2099; History
    Scope: vii, 241 Seiten, Porträt, 25 cm
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    Introduction -- A crisis of dissolution. The missing links ; From molds to platforms -- Institutions in transition. We the people ; Professional help ; Campus cultures ; The informality machine ; Close to home -- A path to renewal. The case for commitment ; Beyond meritocracy -- Conclusion