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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.
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Coming apart: the state of white America, 1960-2010
2012, Crown Forum
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in English
- 1st ed.
0307453421 9780307453426
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Table of Contents
Prologue: November 21, 1963
Page 1
I.
The Formation of a New Upper Class
1.
Our Kind of People
Page 23
2.
The Foundations of the New Upper Class
Page 46
3.
A New Kind of Segregation
Page 69
4.
How Thick Is Your Bubble?
Page 100
5.
The Bright Side of the New Upper Class
Page 116
II.
The Formation of a New Lower Class
6.
The Founding Virtues
Page 127
7.
Belmont and Fishtown
Page 144
8.
Marriage
Page 149
9.
Industriousness
Page 168
10.
Honesty
Page 189
11.
Religiosity
Page 2000
12.
The Real Fishtown
Page 209
13.
The Size of the New Lower Class
Page 226
III.
Why It Matters
14.
The Selective Collapse of America Community
Page 236
15.
The Founding Virtues and the Stuff of Life
Page 253
16.
One Nation, Divisible
Page 269
17.
Alternative Futures
Page 278
Acknowledgments
Page 307
A.
Data Sources and Presentation
Page 310
B.
Supplemental Material for the Segregation Chapter
Page 315
C.
Supplemental Material for the Chapter on Belmont and Fishtown
Page 321
D.
Supplemental Material for the Marriage Chapter
Page 337
E.
Supplemental Material for the Honesty Chapter
Page 342
F.
Supplemental Material for the American Community Chapter
Page 353
G.
Supplemental Material for the Chapter About the Founding Virtues and the Stuff of Life
Page 356
Notes
Page 358
Bibliography
Page 389
Index
Page 399
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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