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The series opens with a discussion of The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea by Jim Cullen, which sets the context for the other discussions by exploring the aspirations at the heart of our national identity.
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This session focuses on The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America, historian John Bodnar's
study of the dreams and ideals of the immigrants who came to the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A discussion of Helen and Scott Nearing's' The Good Life, an exploration of the "simple life" version of the
American Dream as told by two of its foremost practitioners.
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The series concludes with a conversation about Diners, Bowling Alleys and trailer Parks: Chasing the American
Dream in Postwar Culture by Andrew Hurley, which looks at the way the notion of the American Dream changed
in the years after World War Two.
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