{"product_id":"tensions-in-the-american-dream-roderick-bush-9781592138371","title":"Tensions in the American Dream: Rhetoric, Reverie, or Reality","description":"Could the promise of upward mobility have a dark side? In \u003ci\u003eTensions in the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Melanie and Roderick Bush ask, how does a \"nation of immigrants\" pledge inclusion, yet marginalize so many citizens based on race, class, and gender? The authors consider the origins and development of the U.S. nation and empire; the founding principles of belonging, nationalism, and exceptionalism; and their lived reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTensions in the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e also addresses the relevancy of nation to empire in the context of the historical world capitalist system. The authors ask, is the American Dream a reality only questioned by those unwilling or unable to achieve it? What is the \"good life\" and how is it particularly \"American\"?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roderick Bush,Melanie E. L. Bush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592138373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592138371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.99w x 0.84d","brand":"Roderick Bush","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065728872703,"sku":"9781592138371","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49ee0bfc-ecef-4c0b-a406-07b486667e4f.jpg?v=1768676872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tensions-in-the-american-dream-roderick-bush-9781592138371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}