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Ornstein, Allan.

Class Counts : Education, Inequality, and the Shrinking Middle Class. - 1 online resource (371 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- What this Book Is About -- Dedication -- Introduction: For Readers with Intellectual Pizzazz -- 1 Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality -- 2 1776-And Beyond: Elitist versus Enlightened Thought -- 3 Patrician Influence and Social/Educational Thought -- 4 What Is Equality? -- 5 Education, Mobility, and the American Dream -- 6 The Golden Years Are Over -- 7 World Inequality -- 8 Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

ISBN: 9780742573727

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
Middle class -- United States.
Poverty -- United States.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
Wealth -- United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HN90.S6 -- O76 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.550973