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The "American dream" is the easy availability of upward mobility for Americans. It means an open society with considerable movement up and down over the generations, as opposed to tightly structured society in which the status of ancestors determines one's life chances.

The '''American dream''' is the easy availability of upward mobility for Americans. It means an open society with considerable movement up and down over the generations, as opposed to tightly structured society in which the status of ancestors determines one's life chances.

Historian James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) was the first to identify and name "the American dream" in terms of the full realization of human potential:

Historian James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) was the first to identify and name "the American dream" in terms of the full realization of human potential:

* Cullen, Jim. ''The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation.'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103185912 online edition]

* Cullen, Jim. ''The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation.'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103185912 online edition]

* Hochschild, Jennifer L. ''Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation'' (1995) [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s5712.html excerpt]

* Hochschild, Jennifer L. ''Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation'' (1995) [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s5712.html excerpt]