Chapter 1. A divided nation -- chapter 2. Class constraints and class mobility -- chapter 3. Inequality and upward mobility -- chapter 4. The geography of mobility -- chapter 5. Race matters -- chapter 6. Education : the great equalizer? -- chapter 7. Closing the gap -- chapter 8. Recent trends, future challenges.
Summary
This book examines the difficulties that low-wage and middle-class Americans experience when trying to move up the economic ladder, and takes a close look at the roles race and geography play in mobility today.