Class counts : education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class /

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Author / Creator:Ornstein, Allan C.
Imprint:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (605 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404114
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ISBN:9780742573727
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Class counts. Class differences and class warfare have existed since the beginning of western civilization, but the gap in income and wealth between the rich (top 10 percent) and the rest has increased steadily in the last twenty-five years.
Other form:Print version: Ornstein, Allan. Class Counts : Education, Inequality, and the Shrinking Middle Class. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007 9780742547421
Standard no.:9780742547414

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505 0 |a Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; What This Book Is About; Dedication; Introduction: For Readers with Intellectual Pizzazz; 1 -- Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality; PERSONAL COMMENTS ON INEQUALITY; POVERTY EXPRESSED THROUGH THE NOVEL; THE SUBJECTIVE VALENCE; OUR WESTERN HERITAGE; AMERICA: THE NEW ATHENS, THE NEW ROME; THE FUTURE OF PAX AMERICANA; OLD HISTORY LESSONS; CURRENT HISTORY LESSONS; NOTES; 2 -- 1776-And Beyond: Elitist versus Enlightened Thought; REVOLUTIONARY ICONS; PATRICIAN PRINCIPLES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS; THE SPIRIT OF '76; NOTES. 
505 8 |a 3 -- Patrician Influence and Social/Educational ThoughtWORLDS APART; A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE; GEOGRAPHY AND "SMART" THINKING; RELATIONSHIP OF EDUCATION TO INCOME; NOTES; 4 -- What Is Equality?; THE ROLE OF EDUCATION; THE WINNING OF THE WEST; SOCIAL MOBILITY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE; A JUST SOCIETY; NOTES; 5 -- Education, Mobility, and the American Dream; CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL THOUGHTS CONCERNING CLASS; CHANGING AMERICAN SOCIETY; SUPPLY AND DEMAND-AND THE AMERICAN DREAM; NOTES; 6 -- The Golden Years Are Over; THE GILDED AGE; U.S.A. TODAY; ECONOMIC BUST WITHIN AN ECONOMIC BOOM; NOTES. 
505 8 |a 7 -- World InequalityNEW YORK CITY: AN ELECTRIC JOLT; PERSONAL IMAGES AND INTERPRETATIONS; GLOBAL INEQUALITY AND INSTABILITY; HIGH-TECH VERSUS LOW-TECH NATIONS; POSTMODERN REALITY; ALL ROADS LEAD TO WASHINGTON, D.C.; NOTES; 8 -- Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions; SWORD FIGHTING BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS; DONKEYS, ELEPHANTS, AND RICH PEOPLE; REFORMING THE TAX CODE; SAFETY NETS STRETCHED THIN; DEBT AND DECLINING BENEFITS; A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; NOTES; Index; About the Author. 
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