Pursuing the American dream : opportunity and exclusion over four centuries / Cal Jillson.

Author/creator Jillson, Calvin C., 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoLawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAmerican political thought
American political thought. ^A252954
Contents The American dream and its role in American history -- American dreams : the promise of life in the new world -- The dream defined : the founding visions of Crevecoeur, Jefferson, and Hamilton -- The dream expanded : the democratizing visions of Jackson and Lincoln -- The dream threatened : individualism in the age of the robber barons -- The dream defended : the age of reform from TR to FDR -- The dream at high tide : opportunity to entitlement from Truman to LBJ -- The dream at ebb tide : entitlement to responsibility from Reagan to Clinton -- The American dream in the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-317) and index.
LCCN 2004004568
ISBN0700613420 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E183 .J55 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold