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Poison ivy : how elite colleges divide us / Evan Mandery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mandery, Evan J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.
- Universities and colleges.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Going up
- Falling off
- The top floor and the iron ceiling
- Finding the escalator
- Cracking the code
- Green fences-the games kids play
- The well-rounded man
- Affirmative action for rich whites
- Doing good
- The best and the brightest-building the meritocracy myth
- The doubly disadvantaged
- Learning to party
- How liberals become conservative
- Still separate, still unequal
- How Michael Lewis ruined baseball
- You say you want a revolution
- Making college pay
- We need you, Mr. Grassley
- One percent solutions
- Communities of opportunity
- Postscript: With privilege goes responsibility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mandery, Evan J. Poison ivy.
- ISBN:
- 9781620977224
- 1620977222
- Publisher Number:
- 99993721713
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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