Happiness for All? : : Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream / / Carol Graham.
How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today?...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 20 line illus. 12 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Happened to Horatio Alger?
- 3 Who Believes in the American Dream?
- 4 The High Costs of Being Poor in the Land of the Dream
- 5 Well-Being, Aspirations, and Outcomes
- 6 Can We Save the Dream?
- Appendix
- References
- Index