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- Tensions in the American Dream: Rhetoric, Reverie, or Reality
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
Could the promise of upward mobility have a dark side? In Tensions in the American Dream, Melanie and Roderick Bush ask, how does a "nation of immigrants" pledge inclusion, yet marginalize so many citizens based on race, class, and gender? The authors consider the origins and development of the U.S. nation and empire; the founding principles of belonging, nationalism, and exceptionalism; and their lived reality.
Tensions in the American Dream also addresses the relevancy of nation to empire in the context of the historical world capitalist system. The authors ask, is the American Dream a reality only questioned by those unwilling or unable to achieve it? What is the "good life" and how is it particularly "American"?
Tensions in the American Dream also addresses the relevancy of nation to empire in the context of the historical world capitalist system. The authors ask, is the American Dream a reality only questioned by those unwilling or unable to achieve it? What is the "good life" and how is it particularly "American"?
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. ix-x
- Part I. Introduction
- 2. Citizenship and Nation
- pp. 7-14
- Part II. Stories of My America
- 5. Thoughts on the Current Juncture
- pp. 69-90
- 6. Perspectives on the American Dream
- pp. 91-129
- 7. Expressions of Revolt against the Systems
- pp. 130-148
- Part III. Tensions in the American Dream: Rhetoric, Reverie, or Reality?
- 8. Nation: Empire or Liberation
- pp. 151-168
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 211-212
- References
- pp. 219-236
- About the Authors
- p. 240
Additional Information
ISBN
9781592138395
Related ISBN(s)
9781592138371, 9781592138388
MARC Record
OCLC
900158339
Pages
258
Launched on MUSE
2015-02-12
Language
English
Open Access
No