TTC VIDEO-The American Dream

Posted By: phoenixy

Date: Sept. 30, 2010

TTC VIDEO-The American Dream
English | DX50 347kbps | 640x480 29.97fps | MP3 128 Kbps | 1.38 GB
Genre: Elearning

Traditionally, Americans have sought to realise the American dream of success, fame and wealth through thrift and hard work. However, the industrialisation of the 19th and 20th centuries began to erode the dream, replacing it with a philosophy of "get rich quick". A variety of seductive but elusive strategies have evolved, and today the three leading ways to instant wealth are large-prize television game shows, big-jackpot state lotteries and compensation lawsuits. In this article, Matthew Warshauer, Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University, examines why so many Americans are persuaded to seek these easy ways to their dream

Contains:
1. The American Dream - From Its Past to Its Future
2. A New Commonwealth
3. Frontier Dreams
4. Inalienable Rights and Rugged Individualism
5. Disenchantment and Depression
6. Dreams Deferred - Race and Gender
7. The American Dream and Holocaust Questions
8. Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going