The American Dream

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A powerful, compelling monograph that reveals the reality of the unseen and forgotten contemporary America.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s):...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Michael SaymanNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 202 x 21Cover type: Paperback /...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Natasha WarikooIllustration(s): 4 tablesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

An inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley's youngest entrepreneurs--a second-generation Latino immigrant who...

The book uses film theory and insights from object relations theory to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the 'American Drea...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): Dan GrunfeldNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Reducere. Winner of the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode a...

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.Author(s): Aida SalazarNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 212 x 287 x 16Cover type: HardbackIllustrator...

Reducere. On the Border of a Dream is an eye­-opening and uplifting autobiography that tells the true story of a boy from rural Mexico, who at a young age se...

Reducere. A LESSON IN FAITH AND COURAGE - In 1904 a young Italian man sails to America to become an indentured worker for a cotton farmer in the Mississippi ...

Reducere. This book lays out a new paradigm for developing minority businesses so that they can fully contribute to our national competitive advantage and pr...

Reducere. As Southern California was reimagining leisure and positioning it at the center of the American Dream, African American Californians were working t...

Entrepreneurs, business owners, investors: here is the rare, no-nonsense advice you haven't heard---straight from Paychex founder and billionaire p...

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Robert KerbeckNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 28Cover type: Paperback / sof...

The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip "Fast-paced and absorbing. ....

Reducere. In The American Dream for Students of Color, the tenets of the American Dream as a merit narrative enacted in schools are examined to better unders...

Reducere. Born into a poor immigrant family, Charles works diligently to rise out of poverty. Because of this determination, he graduates from a university. ...

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are en...

Reducere. Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else?The American Dream is built on the idea that...

Michael Edelstein was headstrong and independent, a self-described mamzer. He was 10 years old when he rolled under barbed wire and escaped the rou...

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Reducere. First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print -- by popular demand In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers,...

Reducere. The first edition of There Was a Fire is a National Jewish Book Award FinalistThis book is about the power of memory, the human need for narrative,...

Reducere. Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters are taking a road trip across America al...

Reducere. In Third Wave Capitalism, John Ehrenreich documents the emergence of a new stage in the history of American capitalism. Just as the industrial capi...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Karen (University of Southern California, USA) SternheimerIllustration(s): Last edn with tweaks; 65 Halft...

Reducere. As a distinguished historian of political thought at the University of Milan, Italy, Professor Marco Bassani brings a cosmopolitan perspective to t...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The fascinating, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in ...

Reducere. A Vietnamese Refugee, a Viral Video, and the United Airlines Scandal That Started It All"His refusal to give up his seat on a United Airlines fligh...

DescriptionFirst seen by the wider world at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, the Jaguar E-type redefined perceptions of how a sports car could - and per...

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An engaging, wide-ranging, and groundbreaking reexamination of the relationship between African American writers and the communist movement in the US.

The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the pa...

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DescriptionA powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the ...

`Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review

Reducere. DescriptionOn the eve of the financial crisis, Jacob S. Hacker wrote "the policy book of the year" (E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post), demonstrati...

Reducere. The steady immigration of black populations from Africa and the Caribbean over the past few decades has fundamentally changed the racial, ethnic, a...

DescriptionSmall businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy. They are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American Dream. But for...

Reducere. The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon""Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages.""-Newark Star...

The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg TV's The Davi...

Reducere. In this book, you will find the foundations of a hard and true story of a humble emigrant family in search of their destiny. Around the backbone of...

Reducere. Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when...

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Reducere. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most ...

Reducere. DescriptionA leading conservative intellectual argues that to renew America we must recommit to our institutionsAmericans are living through a soci...

A brilliant and comprehensive study of class struggle in the United StatesPrisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a p...

Reducere. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society...

Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in depth the challenges faced by the USA at home and abroad as it emerged from the Second World War...

DescriptionThe shopping mall is both the most visible and the most contentious symbol of American prosperity. Despite their convenience, malls are ...

Reducere. The aspiration to relate the past "as it really happened" has been the central goal of American professional historians since the late nineteenth c...

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Reducere. The Great Recession threatened the well-being of tens of millions of Americans, dramatically weakened the working class, hollowed out the middle cl...

★ Publishers Weekly starred review. Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they compat...

Reducere. "On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites are inherently ""unequal"" and,...

Ultimately, Rindge considers how these parabolic films operate as sacred texts in their own right.--Sofia Sjoe "Journal of Religion, Media, and Dig...

Reducere. DescriptionA brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an o...

Reducere. DescriptionConventional financial mindsets are failing too many people. We save, invest, and borrow the way Wall Street, banks, and the financial m...

Reducere. DescriptionAdvance Praise for Dream-Singers ""You will find a great storehouse of folk and literary treasures in this ambitious book that speaks to...

Reducere. At fifteen, Linda Darnell left her Texas home and normal adolescence to live the Hollywood dream promoted by fan magazine and studio publicity offi...

Reducere. In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard W. Paradise"Living Life Riverside" is a tragicomedy about your vanilla-average Midwestern couple who, when they rea...

Reducere. In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. On...

Reducere. "DON'T believe the naysayers. The American Dream--the fable that says if you work hard and follow the rules, you'll make it--is alive and well."--N...

The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing t...

Reducere. It's a time of transition for the American Right. The old ideas are failing. The conservative movement is disintegrating. And the European American...