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   May 22, 2024 · How the American Dream came to represent both a utopia and a dystopia. A new book and two new exhibitions explore the concept of the American Dream – and how it came to represent both a utopia ...

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3. archive.org › details › EarthAndTheAmericanDreamEarth And The American Dream (1992) : Bill Couturié : Free ...

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   Dec 31, 2014 · From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution ...

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   Jun 21, 2021 · Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn. Patsy tells the story of a queer woman that leaves Jamaica, and her daughter Tru, to pursue what she believes to be the love of her life who lives in the United States. Initially arriving on a visa Patsy makes the tough decision to outstay her visa and remain in the U.S. permanently as well as illegally.

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   Feb 6, 2003 · Abstract. 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 the several American Dreams that have both ...

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   Apr 1, 2019 · The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family as they move west to California in pursuit of the American Dream. Seeking opportunity, the Joads and the former preacher Jim Casy quickly find that California is overrun with laborers, which leads to Casy forming a labor union to protect their rights as workers.

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   Jun 14, 2004 · Jim is the author of twenty books, which include "Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions" (Oxford University Press, 2013), "The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation" (Oxford, 2003) and "Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition" (HarperCollins, 1997).

   • Author: Jim Cullen

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   Is the American Dream a good book?

   • This is a refreshing, spirited book."--Andrew Delbanco, Columbia University"Jim Cullen's The American Dream is a tour de force through the whole of American history, from the Puritans to home ownership and California.

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   What is the American Dream?

   • The version of the American Dream that dominates our own time--what Cullen calls “the Dream of the Coast”--is one of personal fulfillment, of fame and fortune all the more alluring if achieved without obvious effort, which finds its most insidious expression in the culture of Hollywood.

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   Is the American Dream Dead?

   • A new book and two new exhibitions explore the concept of the American Dream – and how it came to represent both a utopia and a dystopia. "Sadly, the American Dream is dead," Donald Trump told an audience of supporters when he announced his bid for the US presidency in 2015.

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   What is the best summation of the American Dream?

   • This is the best summation of the American Dream, a promise of prosperity with a differing reality: disillusionment with a healthy dose of misplaced optimism. The American Dream, as it were, has been best captured in great American novels that use their compelling characters and whirlwind narratives to lay this truth bare.

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   Does the American Dream bring fulfilment?

   • The American Dream, it is suggested, has not necessarily brought fulfilment. The US photographer Angela Strassheim presents the all-American dining experience as something mundane (Left Behind, 2005) and, in Evidence (2009), she lets people know that their happy home was once the site of a murder.

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   What was the American Dream after WW2?

   • As US marines returned from World War Two, eager to settle down with their sweethearts, the American Dream of a family home far from the crowded tenements that characterised much of city living embedded itself in the national consciousness, aided by state propaganda campaigns promoting home ownership.

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   Earth and the American Dream. Film. By Bill Couturie. 1993. 90 minutes. U.S. history from the standpoint of the earth. This beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle ...