"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather ...
对美好事物极力地争取。 If nothing else, Chicago presented us with high ideals in profusion: the patriotism of Pericles, the commitment of Fermi, the American dream of Alexander Hamilton. I surely wasn’t smart enough to come up with my own philosophy or set my own ideals. But I could try...
They are the winners who live out the American Dream and justify for many others their hopes for the future. 即使社会地位较低的人也会相信这个梦想——尽管他们知道这只是对极少数人是有可能的。 Even people lower down on the social scale buy into this Dream-even though they can see that it i...
The American dream, along with escape from persecution or war in one's home country, has always been the primary reason for immigrants wanting to come to America. Throughout its history, America has been seen as a place with high opportunity for entrepreneurs relative to other regions of the ...
The above paragraph give us another side of the picture of why the American Dream is dying. It’s dying because what we used to consider relevant, has become secondary. For some people, this dream is still very alive. If someone isn’t involved in this I WANT IT NOW, then this individ...
or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present. Cullen begins by noting that the United States, unlike most other nations, defines itself not on the facts of blood, religion, language, geography, or shared history, bu...
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Perceptions, however, aren't supported by the facts, experts said. Read the full CNN/ORC poll results The American Dream is not dead, said Ron Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Center on Children and Families. Two landmark studiesreleased earlier this year concluded thatmobilityis worse in...
During the 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house in the suburbs. Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in 1950s are now adults. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives...