Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-317) and index.
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.
