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Coming apart the state of white America, 1960-2010  Cover Image E-book E-book

Coming apart the state of white America, 1960-2010

Murray, Charles A. (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780307453440 (e-book)
  • ISBN: 0307453448 (e-book)
  • ISBN: 9780307453426 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 0307453421 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (viii, 407 p.) : ill., charts
  • Publisher: New York [N.Y.] : Crown Forum, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-398) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: November 21, 1963 -- 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 -- 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 -- Why it matters. The selective collapse of American community ; The founding virtues and the stuff of life ; One nation, divisible ; Alternative futures.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York, [N.Y.] : Corwn Forum c2012. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (EPUB file size: 4642 KB).
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Whites -- United States -- Social conditions
Whites -- United States -- Economic conditions
United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Social classes -- United States
Social mobility -- United States
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