Download or read book Dreams Derailed written by William A. Schwab and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 2016 presidential campaign millions of voters, concerned about the economic impact of illegal immigration, rallied behind the notion of a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Well into the Trump presidency, immigration endures as a hotly contested issue in United States politics. In Dreams Derailed sociologist William A. Schwab shares the stories of immigration reform advocates and follows up on stories told in his 2013 book Right to DREAM, which argued in favor of the DREAM Act that would have provided conditional residency for undocumented youth brought to the United States as children, a version of which was later enacted by executive order and referred to as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Taking as its focal point the Trump administration’s decision to rescind Obama-era DACA protection, Dreams Derailed delves into the economic, political, and social factors that inform the public conversation about immigration, making a clear case for the many benefits of inclusive policies and the protection of undocumented youths. Schwab also takes a close look at the factors that carried Donald Trump to the White House, demonstrates how economic upheaval and the issue of immigration influenced the 2016 presidential election, analyzes current immigration laws, and suggests next steps for reform.
Download or read book American Dreams Derailed written by Andrew Benjamin Russell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twentieth Century Limited written by Douglass C. Horstman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Henry Horstman was one of 1.4 million Germans who braved the Atlantic Ocean to immigrate into the United States during the 1880s with the hope of achieving a better life. Twentieth Century Limited details the compelling life story of Horstman, who pursued his boyhood dream in one of the most dangerous industries in America only to lose it in the prime of his life. Douglass Horstman, the grandson of Henry Horstman, draws on memories and historical accounts as he chronicles his grandfather's fascinating lebengeschichte (life story) while also highlighting the carnage on the rails that devastated the lives of thousands of railroad workers and their families during a time when railroad corruption was rampant. As a youth in Germany, Henry was faced with the possibility of conscription into the Prussian Army but chose instead to follow the example of his uncle, a lokomotivfuhrer (engineer) in America. The author pieces together a captivating story that follows Henry from his Prussian youth to his first steps onto American soil and his fateful job on a railroad in upstate New York. At a time when thousands of trainmen were being killed or injured, Henry Horstman displayed insurmountable determination and courage, turning his journey through life and on the rails into an inspiring biography.
Download or read book American Dreams written by H. W. Brands and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided-and sometimes misguided-our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone. For a brief, bright moment in 1945, America stood at its apex, looking back on victory not only against the Axis powers but against the Great Depression, and looking ahead to seemingly limitless power and promise. What we've done with that power and promise over the past six decades is a vitally important and fascinating topic that has rarely been tackled in one volume, and never by a historian of H. W. Brands's stature. As American Dreams opens, Brands shows us a country dramatically different from our own-more unequal in social terms but more equal economically, more religious and rural but also more liberal and more wholeheartedly engaged with the rest of the world. As he traces the changes we have gone through as a nation, he reveals the great themes and dreams that have driven America-the rising focus on individual rights and pleasures, the growing distance between our global goals and those of the rest of the world, and the inexorable dissolution of a shared sense of what it means to be American. In Brands's adroit hands, these trends unfold through a character-driven narrative that sheds brilliant light on the obvious highs and lows-from Watergate to the Berlin Wall, from Apollo 11 to 9/11, from My Lai to shock and awe. But he also chronicles the surprising impact of less celebrated events and trends. Through his eyes, we realize the sweeping significance of the immigration reforms of the 1960s, which gradually transformed American society. We come to grasp the vast impact of abandoning the gold standard in 1971, which enabled both globalization and the current financial crisis. We ponder the unnerving results of CNN's debut in 1979, which sped up the news cycle and permanently changed our foreign policy by putting its effects live on our TV screens. Blending political and cultural history with his keen sense of the spirit of the times, Brands captures the national experience through the last six decades and reveals the still-unfolding legacy of dreams born out of a global cataclysm.
Download or read book The American Dream written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America was discovered almost by accident.
Download or read book The American Dream Background and development written by Carolina Bricks and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-University Paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, , language: English, abstract: Probably everybody has heard about it, being legendary and part of many people's lives: the American Dream. But is it really a dream? A myth, an Illusion, we wake up from – disappointing and simply untrue? Or is it reality? This question is answered through many points dealing with the issue. This paper defines the term "American Dream" and shows how the dream might have developed, examines the biographies of famous representatives, such as Martin Luther King and deals with the resulting massive immigration to the US in the past and today, giving deep insights into America ́s history and showing the present day American Dream.
Download or read book World War II and Nevada written by Charles Weller and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II and Nevada is an in-depth examination of the state’s role in the war. Nevada’s geographic location, land, sky, mineral resources, and the sacrifices of its people were crucial to victory—and transformed the state. The war brought the first significant development of the gaming industry; the introduction of a huge, permanent military presence; the diversification of its population; and a shift in political and economic power within the region. Nevada’s previously unexamined role in the internment of Japanese Americans is explored, and so too is the role of women and minority groups in support of the war. The book concludes with a comprehensive list of those killed, wounded, or made prisoners of war during the conflict. Weller provides the most thorough analysis of Nevada’s war effort to date and historians will find the book a valuable addition to their World War II history collections.
Download or read book A Dream Derailed written by Bill Owens and published by New Dream Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was every reason to hope the struggle for civil rights would bring about greater freedom and independence for blacks in America. Yet today, we find that many black leaders have forgotten what inspired that struggle. Many of these leaders urge black Americans to look for inspiration from government and political agendas that undermine the moral fabric of the Church -- the same Church that guided the civil rights movement! Abortion, same-sex marriage, and government encroachment -- which subverts religious liberty -- are now all proclaimed as "freedoms" by many black leaders. To be sure, the leaders of the civil rights movement saw these as evils and evidence of sin -- certainly not signs of freedom. Black Americans are at a crossroad of their own today -- in many ways, even more so than before the civil rights movement. Will we turn away from a life of dependence on government and political agendas and turn back to God and His plan for us? Despite the successes of the civil rights movement -- during which African Americans peacefully protested to obtain basic human rights -- many blacks have forgotten the fact that it was their Church that was at the center of that movement, providing its moral conscience and foundation.
Download or read book American Dreams Trilogy written by Michael Phillips and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three novels in the acclaimed Christian author’s historical fiction series about a Southern family following God’s will as Civil War tensions rise. Dream of Freedom In the pre-Civil War South, Richmond Davidson and his family decide to follow God’s will and free their slaves. The controversy over this decision sets off escalating tensions as the lines are being drawn between North and South. Dream of Life When the Underground Railroad hears that the Davidson family home is a potential safe house, runaways began appearing at their door. Unable to turn them away, the Davidsons must find a way to help. But the prying eyes of neighbors make this a dangerous calling. Dream of Love As the Civil War rages, the Davidsons continue their work with the Underground Railroad. But as one son fights for the Confederacy while another has gone North, the family will face its most difficult trials yet.
Download or read book American Dreams written by Studs Terkel and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Dream Success Failure and the Female Dreamers written by Marzia Interdonato and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 107/110, , course: American Studies, language: English, abstract: In this work, what will be analyzed is the evolution over time of the famous phenomenon known as the American Dream. The next three chapters will mainly focus on whether or not the dream led more immigrants to success or failure, and also paying particular emphasis to how the dream was and is interpreted by most of the women living the American Dream. This work is divided into three chapters, starting from the discovery of the continent where the dream is best associated: the United States of America. Secondly, understanding the meaning of the term ‘American Dream’, its formation and who has used it throughout the course of its history. It will also focus on how the dream will be analyzed in a more current twentieth century context and understanding, nevertheless assessing the female dreamers through close analysis of a novel and a poem. People have always had dreams. We could acknowledge that today’s dreams might be unrealistic because of corruption, however, the dreams that people had in the past were of a different nature. Success only meant having the bare necessities: a job, food for your family, new clothes a couple of times a year, a house or an apartment, and maybe even enough money to commute by transit. Achieving this success, implied much struggles, sacrifice and hard work. Looking back at the scenario, it appears to have been a very harsh experience for those who had immigrated to America. As a result of the many sacrifices that were made in pursuit of their own personal and familial goals; such as monetary success and a better life of freedom and opportunity for their descendants. Their goals consisted of only the basic life values such as personal freedom through equal rights and opportunity that we today consider to not only be essential to life, but entitlements. Thanks to the millions of hard-working immigrants, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and protestors who have died in the name of democracy and the rights and freedoms that today allow us to live a better life: in pursuit of their own personal and familial goals, it was the first immigrants to America who also helped build and sustain what is today a global economic and military powerhouse and international authority – the United States of America.
Download or read book Oral History Community and Work in the American West written by Jessie L. Embry and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Myth of the American Dream Dream or Nightmare written by Kristina von Kölln and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,9, Technical University of Braunschweig, language: English, abstract: This essay will focus on the origin of the American Dream and its key elements on the one hand, and try to prove its veracity on the other hand. Even though the term ‘The American Dream’ became a well-known saying describing an assumed very specific phenomenon, its meaning is as vague as it is ambivalent. It is, nevertheless, a crucial part of the American national identity and a symbol of a nation’s self-conception. One could argue that Thomas Jefferson already lay the foundation of the most famous myth of all time by declaring “these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent,” and are thus entitled to “preservation of life, & liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (Jefferson 243). More than a century later, James Truslow Adams rewrote Jefferson’s words in his novel The Epic of America by saying, “The American dream, the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement." (Adams 404). While Adams focused on the hope for a better and happier future for everyone, regardless of their social, ethnical or religious decent, Richard Nixon stressed the material aspect in his First Inaugural Address in 1969, by defining "full employment, better housing, excellence in education; in rebuilding our cities and improving our rural areas; in protecting our environment and enhancing the quality of life" (Lawler and Schaefer 84) as key elements of the American Dream. Martin Luther King dreamed of freedom and equality for all American citizens and that they ”will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (King qtd. in Kirck 82) and two decades later, during his First Inaugural Address in 1981, Ronald Reagan reminded his people of their uniqueness as "too great a nation to limit (them)selves to small dreams." (Reagan qtd. in Grafton 109) Although often merely political calculation during election campaigns, those previously mentioned variations of the most famous dreams of all times illustrate two things; On the one hand that each generation interprets the American Dream in its very own way, and on the other hand, it’s fundamental value for the American society.
Download or read book Is the American Dream a Myth written by Kate Burns and published by Greenhaven Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the concept of the American dream from different perspectives using both primary and secondary sources.
Download or read book The Most Powerful Words about the American Dream written by Caitie McAneney and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years, newcomers to the United States have dreamed the American Dream, hoping for prosperity and freedom. This valuable volume highlights important quotes about the American Dream, from the past to the present. Readers will learn the significance of each quote, its historical context, and all about its speaker. Engaging historical text and authentic photographs will give readers a dynamic learning experience and open their eyes to the profound hope that lies within the great American Dream.
Download or read book Suburban Nation written by Andres Duany and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the New Urbanism movement, and in "Suburban Nation" they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. 115 illustrations.
Download or read book American Dreams written by Ricardo Miguez and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scholars included in this collection sought to indicate more contemporary working definitions for the expression "American Dream", or rather Dreams. The multidisciplinary selections come from many countries and represent scholars from different backgrounds. They reflect the current developments and approaches in the field of US Studies and we hope to help broaden the scope of programs in higher education institutions. The chapters are thematically organized in two sections: “Initial Dialogues” and “Comparative Dialogues.” The first one comprises essays that set the foundations for our discussions and intends to familiarize newcomers with the theme. The second section extends the possibilities of working comparatively with the American Dreams and a number of other interdisciplinary fields of interest for US Studies programs.
