THE DREAM: AMERICA'S PROMISE REAL&MYTH "THE NEW AMERICAN WAY":

From Dream to Way: Reimagining America's Promise Through Scholarship, Story, and Theory

Few ideas have shaped the American imagination as powerfully as the American Dream. For nearly a century, it has functioned as both a national myth and a personal aspiration—a story Americans tell about themselves and a story individuals try to live.

Scholars have traced its evolution from a collective ideal of democratic possibility to a more individualistic pursuit of economic mobility. Politicians have...