| Description |
241 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The complacent class and its dangers -- Why Americans have stopped moving, or is your hometown really so special? -- The reemergence of segregation -- Why Americans stopped creating -- The respite of the well-ordered match: love, music, and even your dog -- Why Americans stopped rioting and instead legalized marijuana -- How a dynamic society looks and feels -- Political stagnation, the dwindling of true democracy, and Alexis de Tocqueville as prophet of our time -- The return of chaos, and why the complacent class cannot hold. |
| Subject(S) |
Social mobility -- United States.
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Social classes -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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| Added Title |
Self-defeating quest for the American dream |
| ISBN |
9781250108692 (hardcover) |
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1250108691 (hardcover) |
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