List of Selected Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroduction 1 Reforming the American Dream2 Pathways onto Welfare and into College3 Reformed Grassroots Activism4 Survival through College5 My Education Means Everything to Me6 Hope and Fear during the Great Recession7 Graduating into the Great Recession8 An American Dream for AllAfterword: Evolution of the American Dream Appendix A Methods Appendix Appendix B Profiles of Interview Participants in 2006AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex