02222cam a2200385 4500 1164167452 TxAuBib 20130401120000.0 010525s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307453426 hbk. 0307453421 hbk. (OCoLC)727702914 BTCTA eng BTCTA YDXCP RV8 BKL TnLvILS TxAuBib Murray, Charles A. Coming apart : the state of white America, 1960-2010 / Charles Murray. 1st ed. New York : Crown Forum, 2012. viii, 407 p. : charts, map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-398) and index. pt. 1. The formation of a new upper class. Our kind of people ; The foundations of the new upper class ; A new kind of segregation ; How thick is your bubble? ; The bright side of the new upper class -- pt. 2. The formation of a new lower class. The founding virtues ; Belmont and Fishtown ; Marriage ; Industriousness ; Honesty ; Religiosity ; The real Fishtown ; The size of the new lower class -- pt. 3. Why it matters. The selective collapse of American community ; The founding virtues and the stuff of life ; One nation, divisible ; Alternative futures. Kirkus Review - Adult,111511. Publisher's Weekly, 120511, p. 70. Booklist, 121511, p. 4. Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 010113, p. 7. A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass. 20131015. Whites United States Social conditions. Whites United States Economic conditions. Social classes United States. Social mobility United States. United States Social conditions 1960-1980. United States Social conditions 1980- United States Economic conditions 1945- TXKIP