Facing Up to the American Dream : Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation.

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The ideology of the American dream--the faith that an individual can attain success and virtue through strenuous effort--is the very soul of the American nation. According to Jennifer Hochschild, we have failed to face up to what that dream requires of our society, and yet we possess no other centra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hochschild, Jennifer L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Since 1975
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Social classes > United States.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Noirs américains > Conditions économiques.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
African Americans > Economic conditions
African Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Social classes
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The ideology of the American dream--the faith that an individual can attain success and virtue through strenuous effort--is the very soul of the American nation. According to Jennifer Hochschild, we have failed to face up to what that dream requires of our society, and yet we possess no other central belief that can save the United States from chaos. In this compassionate but frightening book, Hochschild attributes our national distress to the ways in which whites and African Americans have come to view their own and each other's opportunities. By examining the hopes and fears of whites and es.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (433 pages)
ISBN:9781400821730
1400821738

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