ISBN: 9781476769912

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” ( The New Yorker ) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Ame… More...

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” ( The New Yorker ) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing “opportunity gap” emerge. We Americans have always believed that those who have talent and try hard will succeed, but this central tenet of the American Dream seems no longer true or at the least, much less true than it was.In Our Kids, Robert Putnam offers a personal and authoritative look at this new American crisis, beginning with the example of his high school class of 1959 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The vast majority of those students went on to lives better than those of their parents. But their children and grandchildren have faced diminishing prospects. Putnam tells the tale of lessening opportunity through poignant life stories of rich, middle class, and poor kids from cities and suburbs across the country, brilliantly blended with the latest social-science research.“A truly masterful volume” ( Financial Times ), Our Kids provides a disturbing account of the American dream that is “thoughtful and persuasive” ( The Economist). Our Kids offers a rare combination of individual testimony and rigorous evidence: “No one can finish this book and feel complacent about equal opportunity” ( The New York Times Book Review ). The American Dream in Crisis Simon & Schuster North American History Robert Putnam; bob putnam; hillbilly elegy; j.d. vance; jd vance; white trash; nancy isenberg; income inequality; obama's piketty; thomas piketty; capital in the twenty-first century; wage gap; inequality gap; decline of middle class; education crisis; poverty gap; upward mobility; decline of american dream; campaign issue; hot button issue; election issue; debt crisis; economic disparity; no child left behind; public schools failing; common core; american grace; better together; bowling alone; the unwinding; price of inequality; saguaro seminar; harvard professor 9781476769905 DE,GB,ES,IT,FR English History, Simon & Schuster<

ISBN: 9781476769912

A New York Times bestseller and ';a passionate, urgent' (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today … More...

A New York Times bestseller and ';a passionate, urgent' (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are a nation of opportunity. But over the last quarter century we have seen a disturbing opportunity gap emerge. We Americans have always believed that those who have talent and try hard will succeed, but this central tenet of the American Dream seems no longer true or at the least, much less true than it was.In Our Kids, Robert Putnam offers a personal and authoritative look at this new American crisis, beginning with the example of his high school class of 1959 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The vast majority of those students went on to lives better than those of their parents. But their children and grandchildren have faced diminishing prospects. Putnam tells the tale of lessening opportunity through poignant life stories of rich, middle class, and poor kids from cities and suburbs across the country, brilliantly blended with the latest social-science research.A truly masterful volume (Financial Times), Our Kids provides a disturbing account of the American dream that is thoughtful and persuasive (The Economist). Our Kids offers a rare combination of individual testimony and rigorous evidence: No one can finish this book and feel complacent about equal opportunity (The New York Times Book Review).; EPUB; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > History of the Americas, Scribner<

ISBN: 9781476769912

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Ameri… More...

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.Central to... HISTORY,United States,21st Century, eBooks.com<

ISBN: 9781476769912

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