Topic: American Dream
Keywords
Try using these in the OneSearch, Academic Search Complete, or other databases.
- United States
- Economic Conditions
- Social Conditions
- 21st Century
- inequality
- "social mobility"
- "economic mobility"
Databases
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SocINDEXThis database is a good place to look for scholarly articles on social problems. Try using the "Subject Terms" to get a small number of relevant articles.
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Opposing ViewpointsArgumentative essays on hot topics. Go to "Browse Issues," "All". Potential relevant topics:
- Middle Class
- DREAM act
- Capitalism
- Monopolies
- Work & Family
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CQ ResearcherHas some reports that would be useful, for instance, reports on wealth and inequality and the value of a college education.
Think Tanks, Foundations, Research Groups
These organizations produce research on a large number of issues, most of which they make freely available online. They are biased; they are trying to influence policy. So you should be aware of their orientation and take it into account when you quote their reports. Use the site's search box, or browse the section called "reports," "research" or something similar.
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American Enterprise InstituteThis organization is "committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity and strengthening free enterprise" (about page).
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Brookings InstituteA generally liberal think tank.
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Cato InstituteLibertarian foundation.
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Heritage FoundationMission: to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense" (about page).
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Pew Research CenterThis organization does a lot of polling and creates reports based on it. Try searching it for "american dream" or "upward mobility", or browse the "Economics" section.
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Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)Try this one if your topic deals with California.
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Rand CorporationA Democratic-leaning think tank.
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Urban InstituteThis foundation has a Democratic/liberal orientation.
Equality of Opportunity Project
This group of researchers from UC Berkeley and Harvard are challenging assumptions about inequality in the U.S.
Books
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The American Dream in the 21st Century by Publication Date: 2011 -
American Dream Dying: the changing economic lot of the least advantaged by Publication Date: 2009Ebook also available! -
The Meritocracy Myth (Ebook) by Publication Date: 2009 -
The American Dream: a short history of an idea that shaped a nation by Publication Date: 2003 -
The American Dream: a short history of an idea that shaped a nation (ebook) byPublication Date: 2003
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A Chinaman's Chance: one family's journey and the Chinese American dream by Call Number: E184.C5 L622 2014ISBN: 9781610391948Publication Date: 2014-07-08 -
Degrees of Inequality: how the politics of higher education sabotaged the American dream by Call Number: LC173 .M48 2014ISBN: 0465044964Publication Date: 2014-03-11 -
The American Dream (Bloom's Literary Themes) by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780791098011Publication Date: 2009-03-01 -
Projecting the End of the American Dream: Hollywood's Visions of U.S. Decline by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780313385636Publication Date: 2013
