The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation

Oxford University Press USA (2004)
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The first "narrative history" traces the thread that binds the dreams and aspirations of most Americans together, exploring shared history and sacred texts--the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence--in search of the origins of these ideas.

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