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Coming apart : the state of white America, 1960-2010 / Charles Murray.
Author
Murray, Charles A.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : Crown Forum, [2012]
©2012
Description
viii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
E184.A1 M895 2012
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White people
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United States
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Social conditions
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White people
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United States
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Economic conditions
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Social classes
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United States
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Social mobility
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United States
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United States
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Social conditions
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1960-1980
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United States
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Social conditions
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1980-2020
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United States
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Economic conditions
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1945-
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Summary note
A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: November 21, 1963
pt. I: the formation of a new upper class
Our kind of people
The foundations of the new upper class
A new kind of segregation
How thick is your bubble?
The bright side of the new upper class
pt. II: the formation of a new lower class
The founding virtues
Belmont and Fishtown
Marriage
Industriousness
Honesty
Religiosity
The real Fishtown
The size of the new lower class
pt. III: why it matters
The selective collapse of American community
The founding virtues and the stuff of life
One nation, divisible
Alternative futures.
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ISBN
9780307453426 ((hardcover))
0307453421 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2011501987
OCLC
727702914
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