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The American Dream
William P. McDermott (Historian)
其他書名
Yankees, Irish and Canadians in 19th Century Connecticut
出版
Kerleen Press
, 2012
ISBN
097546017X
9780975460177
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yzT3mgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
"Americans and immigrants during the nineteenth century assumed that hard work would lead to a richer and fuller life for themselves and their children. Yet not everyone achieved the promise, even after America's emerging industrial revolution expanded employment opportunities. In tracing the growth of these new opportunities in Plainfield and Stafford, two representative towns of Connecticut, it becomes clear that many hard working families fell short of the Dream.... Realizing the American Dream faded for a significant number of families, though their hope of achieving it rarely did. If, they believed, they didn't make it, perhaps their children would. It was that hope that kept their American Dream and ours alive."--P. [4] of cover.