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Autore |
Ornstein Allan C |
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Titolo |
Class counts [[electronic resource] ] : education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class / / Allan Ornstein |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-7425-4741-8 |
0-7425-7372-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (371 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social classes - United States |
Poverty - United States |
Wealth - United States |
Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States |
Middle class - United States |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States |
Power (Social sciences) - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; What this Book Is About; Introduction: For Readers with Intellectual Pizzazz; 1 Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality; 2 1776-And Beyond: Elitist versus Enlightened Thought; 3 Patrician Influence and Social/Educational Thought; 4 What Is Equality?; 5 Education, Mobility, and the American Dream; 6 The Golden Years Are Over; 7 World Inequality; 8 Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Class counts. Class differences and class warfare have existed since the beginning of western civilization, but the gap in income and wealth between the rich (top 10 percent) and the rest has increased steadily in the last twenty-five years. |
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