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Author Murray, Charles A.

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

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

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.8 MURRAY    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  305.8 MUR    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.8 MURRAY, CHARLES    DUE 05-20-24
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.8 MUR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.8 MUR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.8009 MURRAY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.8009 MURRAY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.8 MURRAY    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.8 MURRAY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.8 MUR    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description viii, 407 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-398) and index.
Contents Pt. 1: 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 -- Pt. 2: 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 -- Pt. 3: Why it matters. The selective collapse of American community ; The founding virtues and the stuff of life ; One nation, divisible ; Alternative futures.
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.
Subject White people -- United States -- Social conditions.
White people -- United States -- Economic conditions.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Social classes -- United States.
Social mobility -- United States.
ISBN 9780307453426 hardcover $27.00
0307453421 hardcover
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