Coming apart the state of white America, 1960-2010

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.

Main Author: Murray, Charles A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York [N.Y.] : Crown Forum, c2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
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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.
Physical Description: viii, 407 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-398) and index.
ISBN: 9780307453426 (hardcover) :
0307453421
Author Notes: CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real Education. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.