Format:
VII, 255 p
,
Ill.
Edition:
3. ed.
ISBN:
9781442219823
,
9781442219816
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Acknowledgments -- The American dream : origins and prospects -- On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit -- The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start -- It's not what you know but-- : social and cultural capital -- Making the grade : education and mobility -- Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor -- I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations -- An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms -- Growing inequality in the twenty-first century -- Index -- About the authors.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442219830
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
USA
;
Soziale Mobilität
;
American dream
;
Meritokratie
