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., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Colección:Princeton studies in American politics.
Temas:
Since 1975
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Social classes > United States.
Social mobility.
Alienation (Social psychology)
African Americans > economics
Social Mobility
Race Relations
Social Class
Social Alienation
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Noirs américains > Conditions économiques.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
Mobilité sociale.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale)
social mobility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Social mobility
African Americans > Economic conditions
African Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Social classes
Ethnische Beziehungen
Soziale Situation
Sociale situatie.
Sociale integratie.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975- ...
RACE RELATIONS.
ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS.
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
SOCIAL CLASSES.
UNITED STATES.
United States > Race relations.
United States
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
USA
Schwärze
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
Ethnic groups > Culture
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is the American dream?
  • Rich and poor African Americans
  • "What's all the fuss about?": Blacks' and Whites' beliefs about the American dream
  • "Succeeding more" and "under the spell": affluent and poor Blacks' beleifs about the American dream
  • Beliefs about one's own life
  • Beliefs about others
  • Competitive success and collective well-being
  • Remaining under the spell
  • With one part of themselves they actually believe
  • Distorting the dream
  • Breaking the spell
  • The perversity of race and fluidity of values
  • Comparing Blacks and White immigrants
  • The future of the American dream.

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