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American Dream: Industriemagnaten und Räuberbarone erzählt die faszinierenden Biografien der reichsten Amerikaner ihrer Zeit – darunter John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford und weitere Pioniere der Industriegeschichte. Diese Männer prägten mit ihren Innovationen, Investitionen und oft rücksichtslosen Geschäftspraktiken die moderne Wirtschaftswelt. Manche wurden als Visionäre bewundert, andere als Räuberbarone kritisiert. Ihre Geschichten sind geprägt von ehrgeizigem Unternehmertum, wirtschaftlicher Macht und dem Streben nach dem ultimativen Erfolg.

In The American Dream: Why It's Still Alive... And How to Achieve It, author Alexander Green extols America's exceptionalism, underscoring its unmatched economic dominance, technological innovation, and cultural influence, and highlights the importance of American ideals and the nation's capacity to provide upward mobility and prosperity to its citizens.

Temple Gordon is beautiful and proud, a Southern belle raised on her father's luxurious plantation. She is also a Cherokee. "The Blade" Stuart, an impulsive nearby landowner, is Cherokee as well. He and Temple share a passion for each other and a concern for their people. But while Temple wishes to protect the Cherokee way of life, The Blade seeks to save his people from death.

As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, author Norman Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the listener by the throat and refuses to let go.

The American Dream is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present.

Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they actually compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors. Where did these values come from? How have they failed those on the edges of our society? And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our neighbors?

When Hugh Hefner quit his job at Esquire to start a magazine called Playboy, he didn't just want to make money, he wanted to make dreams come true. In this wise and penetrating biography, intellectual historian Steven Watts looks at what Hugh Hefner went on to become and how he took America with him. Hefner became one of the most hated and envied celebrities in America, standing just barely on the wrong side of decency - with as many as seven million subscribers to his magazine.

After World War II, an African American war vet brings home his Japanese bride. The family must learn to be tolerant of their new family member, while dealing with prejudice in the outside world. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Mary Bond Davis, Yvonne Farrow, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Peter A. Jacobs, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Don Reed, Charlie Robinson, and Patricia Thompson. Directed by Peggy Shannon. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA, in January, 1991.

Aus unserem westlichen "Lifestyle" ist er überhaupt nicht wegzudenken; noch immer beflügelt er die Hoffnungen der Menschen weltweit: der "American Dream", der Traum von einem besseren Leben durch Fleiß und harte Arbeit. Was ist wirklich dran an dem Mythos, der die amerikanische Art zu leben seit Jahrhunderten zu einer Projektionsfläche unserer Sehnsüchte macht? T-Rex und seine Freunde blicken hinter die Fassade. Was sie dort vorfinden, ruft ihre Gegner auf den Plan, die nur noch darauf warten zuzuschlagen.

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated...

250 years ago, the United States of America was born. But how did people in America rise up, overthrow British rule, and go on to create a radical new nation? Welcome to Founding Fathers: An American Dream - the new show from the award-winning Noiser Podcast Network, hosted by Clarke Peters (The Wire, Treme, Da 5 Bloods). Each week, we'll take a deep dive into this epic story. We'll follow George Washington as he leads patriots into battle...travel with Benjamin Franklin on crucial missions overseas...sit alongside Thomas Jefferson as he writes the Declaration of Independence...and hear ...

The American Dream, is the place where we can discuss what the American dream means to us individually... our personal goals, our financial goals... Yet also a place where we can empower others to accomplish their goals and follow their dreams.

Hosted by Masudur Khan, American Dream explores entrepreneurship, development and the business landscape through engaging with today's leaders. Learn more at https://missionmatters.com/author/masudur-khan/

Can't afford housing or healthcare? One 1886 Supreme Court fraud gave corporations constitutional rights over you—discover how billionaire oligarchs stole your future and the constitutional amendment to take it back. You work harder than your parents did, yet you can't afford a home...

American Dream Immigration is a U.S.-based immigration law firm committed to guiding individuals, families, and businesses through complex immigration processes. The firm offers personalized legal solutions for visas, green cards, deportation defense, and citizenship, combining experienced advocacy with a client-focused approach to help clients achieve their American dream with confidence.

Prisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for Marxist historians and political economists: Why has the world's most industrially advanced nation never spawned a mass party of the working class?

‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive …”’ Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to...

"THE SECRET CODE OF PADEL: Business and Life Lessons on Achieving the American Dream with the Fastest Growing Sport in the World" by Marcos del Pilar is a true story of vision, grit, and the drive to create something extraordinary. Over nine years in America, Marcos built a flourishing industry...

In American Indians and the American Dream, Kasey R. Keeler examines the long history of urbanization and suburbanization of Indian communities in Minnesota.

The true story of Maggie Comer, an illiterate Southern Black woman who moves North to escape poverty and sexual and physical abuse. Unable to get the educuation she desperately desires, Maggie vows that her children will be educated. Working as a domestic, she raises five children who end up...