Title Facing up to the American dream : race, class, and the soul of the nation / Jennifer L. Hochschild.

Publication Info.	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1995]
	©1995

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Princeton studies in American politics: Historical, international, and comparative perspectives
	Princeton studies in American politics.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-397) and index.
Contents	What is the American dream? -- Rich and poor African Americans -- "What's all the fuss about?": Blacks' and Whites' beliefs about the American dream -- "Succeeding more" and "under the spell": affluent and poor Blacks' beleifs about the American dream -- Beliefs about one's own life -- Beliefs about others -- Competitive success and collective well-being -- Remaining under the spell -- With one part of themselves they actually believe -- Distorting the dream -- Breaking the spell -- The perversity of race and fluidity of values -- Comparing Blacks and White immigrants -- The future of the American dream.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	United States -- Race relations.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
	African Americans -- Economic conditions.
	Social classes -- United States.
	Black or African American -- economics.
	Social Mobility.
	Race Relations.
	Social Class.
	Social Alienation.
	United States.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
	African Americans -- Economic conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799599
	African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	Since 1975
Indexed Term	Ethnic groups Culture
	United States
Other Form:	Print version: Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950- Facing up to the American dream. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995 0691029571 (DLC) 95013061 (OCoLC)32236503
ISBN	9781400821730 (electronic bk.)
	1400821738 (electronic bk.)

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