Facing up to the American dream
Subtitle: race, class, and the soul of the nation
By: Jennifer L. Hochschild.
Edition: 1st paperback printing, with corrections and a new preface.
Series: Princeton studies in American politics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780691029207
Subjects: African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-; African Americans -- Economic conditions.; Social classes -- United States.; United States -- Race relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-397) and index.
Table of contents: value: What is the American dream?; value: Rich and poor African Americans; value: "What's all the fuss about?": Blacks' and Whites' beliefs about the American dream; value: "Succeeding more" and "under the spell": affluent and poor Blacks' beleifs about the American dream; value: Beliefs about one's own life; value: Beliefs about others; value: Competitive success and collective well-being; value: Remaining under the spell; value: With one part of themselves they actually believe; value: Distorting the dream; value: Breaking the spell; value: The perversity of race and fluidity of values; value: Comparing Blacks and White immigrants; value: The future of the American dream.