Coming apart : the state of white America, 1960-2010 / Charles Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Charles A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--United States--Social conditions.

White people.

White people--United States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

United States--Economic conditions--1945-.

Social classes--United States.

Social classes.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

viii, 407 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York [N.Y.] : Crown Forum, [2012]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-398) and index.

ISBN:

9780307453426

0307453421

OCLC:

727702914