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Author Harris, Duchess, author.

Title Class mobility / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD, with Elisabeth Herschbach.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (112 pages) : color illustrations, chart, portraits.
Series Class in America
Harris, Duchess. Class in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Social mobility -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Occupational mobility -- Juvenile literature.
Social classes -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Social policy -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Occupational mobility. (OCoLC)fst01043220
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
Social mobility. (OCoLC)fst01122648
Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Herschbach, Elisabeth, author.
Other Form: Print version: Class mobility. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019] 9781532114076 (DLC) 2017961141
ISBN 9781532152979 (electronic book)
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