<P> Adams coined the term `` American Dream '' in his 1931 book The Epic of America . His American Dream is `` that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone , with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement . It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately , and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it . It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely , but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable , and be recognized by others for what they are , regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position . '' </P>
<P> Adams coined the term `` American Dream '' in his 1931 book The Epic of America . His American Dream is `` that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone , with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement . It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately , and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it . It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely , but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable , and be recognized by others for what they are , regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position . '' </P>
when was the phrase the american dream coined
when was the phrase the american dream coined
1931
1931