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Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness: These Words Have Long Represented The Promise Of America, A Shimmering Vision Of A Fruitful Country Open To All Who Come, Learn, Work, Save, Invest, And Play By The Rules. In 2004, Cal Jillson Took Stock Of This Vision And Showed How The Nation's Politicians Deployed The American Dream, Both In Campaigns And Governance, To Hold The American People To Their Program. Full Of Startling Ideas That Make Sense, Npr's Senior Correspondent Juan Williams Remarked, Jillson's Book Offered The Fullest Exploration Yet Of The Origins And Evolution Of The Ideal That Serves As The Foundation Of Our National Ethos And Collective Self-image. Nonetheless, In The Dozen Years Since Pursuing The American Dream Was Published, The American Dream Has Fared Poorly.^ The Decline Of Social Mobility And The Rise Of Income Inequality--to Say Nothing Of The Extraordinary Social, Political, And Economic Developments Of The Bush And Obama Presidencies--have Convinced Many That The American Dream Is No More. This Is The Concern That Jillson Addresses In His New Book, The American Dream: In History, Politics, And Fiction, Which Juxtaposes The Claims Of Political, Social,

Author

Calvin C. Jillson

Publisher

Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700623105

Subjects

History, Sociology, Literary Fiction