Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Making of and Persistence of the American Dream, John Kenneth White and Sandra L. Hanson 2. Twilight's Gleaming: The American Dream and the Ends of Republics, Jim Cullen 3. The Politics of the American Dream, 1980 to 2008, Michael C. Kimmage 4. The Remaking of the American Dream, John Kenneth White 5. Dreaming in Black and White, James W. Loewen 6. Whose American Dream? Gender and the American Dream, Sandra L. Hanson 7. Want Meets Necessity in the New American Dream, John Zogby 8. Religion and the American Dream: A Catholic Reflection in a Generational Context, William V. D'Antonio 9. Conclusions: The American Dream: Where are we?, Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White

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A multidisciplinary conversation on the state of the American Dream

About the Author

Sandra L. Hanson is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences and Swimming Against the Tide: African American Girls and Science Education (both Temple). John Kenneth White is Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America and is the author of several books on American politics. His latest is Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era.

Reviews

"This collection of essays addresses the question of how the American dream helps maintain a stable society into the 21st century, despite the fact that the dream is (and always has been) inaccessible to a large percentage of the population, perhaps a majority... The authors point out how the dream builds a patriotic sense that the US is unique and superior, and anyone who suggests otherwise risks isolation. A politician who questions the dream may be committing career suicide. Summing Up: Recommended." Choice, February 2012