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WAKING FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM
TRANSFORMATIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, POLITICS AND CULTURE |
| By: |
Andreas Hess, Gerard Boucher |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849668965 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849668965 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2014 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
The American dream has been a central pillar in the building of American society from the Founding Fathers to the present day. This book takes the Obama presidency as a launch pad in order to track the changes that have occurred in American society, politics and culture since the founding of the republic. |
| Synopsis: |
The American dream has been a central pillar in the building of American society from the Founding Fathers to the present day. In his acceptance speech as president-elect Barack Obama talked of the need to 'reclaim the American dream'. This book takes the Obama presidency as a launch pad in order to track the changes that have occurred in American society, politics and culture since the founding of the republic. The authors argue that in a country fighting two wars and with historic levels of national, budget and consumer debt Americans actually need to wake up from the American dream and to reinvent the nation as a progressive force in future global politics. This is an interdisciplinary study drawing on current research in politics, sociology and history . The book isthematically organized, covering, inter alia, the idea of of American exceptionalism from de Tocqueville to Lipset, the origins and structure of the American polity, multiculturalism and identity , social stratification, religion and culture, political economy and America's global role. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |