McNamee, Stephen J., 1950-
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Acknowledgments — The american dream : origins and prospects — On being made of the right stuff : the case for merit — The silver spoon : inheritance and the staggered start — It’s not what you know but — : social and cultural capital — Making the grade : education and mobility — Being in the right place at the right time : the luck factor — I did it my way : the decline of self-employment and the ascent of corporations — An unlevel playing field : racism, sexism, and other isms — Growing inequality in the twenty-first century — Index — About the authors.

Subjects:

• Social mobility — United States.
• Equality — United States.
• Social capital (Sociology) — United States.

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