| Tables and Figure | |
| Preface to the Paperback Edition | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | What Is the American Dream? | 15 |
| Ch. 2 | Rich and Poor African Americans | 39 |
| Ch. 3 | "What's All the Fuss About?": Blacks' and Whites' Beliefs about the American Dream | 55 |
| Ch. 4 | "Succeeding More" and "Under the Spell": Affluent and Poor Blacks' Beliefs about the American Dream | 72 |
| Ch. 5 | Beliefs about One's Own Life | 91 |
| Ch. 6 | Beliefs about Others | 122 |
| Ch. 7 | Competitive Success and Collective Well being | 141 |
| Ch. 8 | Remaining under the Spell | 157 |
| Ch. 9 | With One Part of Themselves They Actually Believe | 174 |
| Ch. 10 | Distorting the Dream | 184 |
| Ch. 11 | Breaking the Spell | 200 |
| Ch. 12 | The Perversity of Race and the Fluidity of Values | 214 |
| Ch. 13 | Comparing Blacks and White Immigrants | 225 |
| Ch. 14 | The Future of the American Dream | 250 |
| Appendix A | Surveys Used for Unpublished Tabulations | 261 |
| Appendix B | Supplemental Tables | 267 |
| Notes | 271 |
| Works Cited | 341 |
| Index | 399 |
