ISBN:
9780691162546
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Series Statement:
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser. v.49
Parallel Title:
Print version The Son Also Rises : Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
DDC:
305.5/1309
Keywords:
Social mobility -- History
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Abstract:
How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique-tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods-renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary acro
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: Of Ruling Classes and Underclasses: The Laws of Social Mobility; PART I Social Mobility by Time and Place; 2 Sweden: Mobility Achieved?; 3 The United States: Land of Opportunity; 4 Medieval England: Mobility in the Feudal Age; 5 Modern England: The Deep Roots of the Present; 6 A Law of Social Mobility; 7 Nature versus Nurture; PART II Testing the Laws of Mobility; 8 India: Caste, Endogamy, and Mobility; 9 China and Taiwan: Mobility after Mao; 10 Japan and Korea: Social Homogeneity and Mobility
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Chile: Mobility among the Oligarchs12 The Law of Social Mobility and Family Dynamics; 13 Protestants, Jews, Gypsies, Muslims, and Copts: Exceptions to the Law of Mobility?; 14 Mobility Anomalies; PART III The Good Society; 15 Is Mobility Too Low? Mobility versus Inequality; 16 Escaping Downward Social Mobility; Appendix 1: Measuring Social Mobility; Appendix 2: Deriving Mobility Rates from Surname Frequencies; Appendix 3: Discovering the Status of Your Surname Lineage; Data Sources for Figures and Tables; References; Index
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