02550nam 2200589Ia 450 991077985420332120230207231940.00-7425-4741-80-7425-7372-9(CKB)2550000001107071(EBL)1322080(OCoLC)854521354(MiAaPQ)EBC1322080(Au-PeEL)EBL1322080(CaPaEBR)ebr10744677(CaONFJC)MIL507441(EXLCZ)99255000000110707120060921d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Class counts[electronic resource] education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class /Allan OrnsteinLanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc.c20071 online resource (371 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-4742-6 1-299-76190-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorClass 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.Social classesUnited StatesPovertyUnited StatesWealthUnited StatesEducation, HigherSocial aspectsUnited StatesMiddle classUnited StatesElite (Social sciences)United StatesPower (Social sciences)United StatesSocial classesPovertyWealthEducation, HigherSocial aspectsMiddle classElite (Social sciences)Power (Social sciences)305.5/50973Ornstein Allan C1181489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779854203321Class counts3736144UNINA