The Image: Or, What Happened to the American Dream |
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... modern jour- nalistic sense is a relatively recent Americanism . The Boston News - Letter's account ( March 2 , 1719 ) of the death of Blackbeard the Pirate had apparently been based on a kind of interview with a ship captain . One of ...
... modern jour- nalistic sense is a relatively recent Americanism . The Boston News - Letter's account ( March 2 , 1719 ) of the death of Blackbeard the Pirate had apparently been based on a kind of interview with a ship captain . One of ...
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... modern his- tory " ) Charles Evans Hughes , former Secretary of State , and about to become Chief Justice of the United States , delivered an extravagant eulogy . With unwitting precision he char- acterized the American hero - turned ...
... modern his- tory " ) Charles Evans Hughes , former Secretary of State , and about to become Chief Justice of the United States , delivered an extravagant eulogy . With unwitting precision he char- acterized the American hero - turned ...
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... modern American meaning : " Value . pl . in sociology , acts , customs , institutions , etc. regarded in a particular , especially favorable , way by a peo- ple , ethnic group , etc. " Our new social scientists speak of " values " all ...
... modern American meaning : " Value . pl . in sociology , acts , customs , institutions , etc. regarded in a particular , especially favorable , way by a peo- ple , ethnic group , etc. " Our new social scientists speak of " values " all ...
Contents
Extravagant Expectations | 3 |
From the American Dream to American Illusions? | 239 |
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING | 263 |
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