Poverty and progress : social mobility in a nineteenth century city / / Stephan Thernstrom

• Autore: Thernstrom Stephan
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, : Harvard University Press, 1964
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Social mobility - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Newburyport (Mass.)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p.[241]-282).
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- PREFACE, 1987 -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. LABORER AND COMMUNITY AT MID-CENTURY -- 2. THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CON -- 3. THE PROMISE OF MOBILITY -- 4. THE DIMENSIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY -- 5. PROPERTY, SAVINGS, AND STATUS -- 6. THE PROCESS OF MOBILITY -- 7. LABORER AND COMMUNITY IN 1880: TOWARD SOCIAL STABILITY -- 8. NEWBURYPORT AND THE LARGER SOCIETY -- APPENDIX FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE YANKEE CITY SERIES: THE PITFALLS OF AHISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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• Titolo autorizzato: Poverty and progress
• ISBN: 9780674044319; 0674044312
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963411003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II