Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figure ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One. The Philosophical and Empirical Context
8. Chapter One. What is the American Dream? 15
9. Chapter Two. Rich and Poor African Americans 39
10. Part Two. The Three Paradoxes
11. Chapter Three. “What’S All the Fuss About?”: Blacks’ and Whites’ Beliefs About the American Dream 55
12. Chapter Four. “Succeeding More” and “Under the Spell”: Affluent and Poor Blacks’ Beliefs about the American Dream 72
13. Part Three. Succeeding More and Enjoying it Less
14. Chapter Five. Beliefs about One’S Own Life 91
15. Chapter Six. Beliefs about Others 122
16. Chapter Seven. Competitive Success and Collective Well-Being 141
17. Part Four. Under the Spell of the Great National Suggestion
18. Chapter Eight. Remaining under the Spell 157
19. Chapter Nine. With One Part of Themselves they Actually Believe 174
20. Chapter Ten. Distorting the Dream 184
21. Chapter Eleven. Breaking the Spell 200
22. Chapter Twelve. The Perversity of Race and the Fluidity of Values 214
23. Part Five. Race and the American Dream
24. Chapter Thirteen. Comparing Blacks and White Immigrants 225
25. Chapter Fourteen. The Future of the American Dream 250
26. Appendix A. Surveys used for Unpublished Tabulations 261
27. Appendix B. Supplemental Tables 267
28. Notes 271
29. Works Cited 341
30. Index 399