Sternheimer, Karen. <br/><br/>
Celebrity culture and the American dream :  stardom and social mobility / 
Karen Sternheimer. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2011. 
 - xvi, 282 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the Great Depression -- We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- Suburban utopia : the postwar middle class fantasy -- Is that all there is? : challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- Massive wealth as moral reward : the reagan revolution and individualism -- Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415886789 (hardback) 0415886783 (hardback) 9780415886796 (pbk.) 0415886791 (pbk.) 9780203831496 (e-book) 0203831497 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010032719 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social mobility--United States.<br/>Social classes--United States.<br/>Celebrities--United States.<br/>American Dream.<br/>Fame--Social aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN57  / .S774 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5/1309730904