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The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity Johnson, Heather (Lehigh University, USA) 2nd edition
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The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity
Johnson, Heather (Lehigh University, USA)
Despite the overwhelming evidence against them, many people still believe they can overcome the economic and racial constraints placed upon them at birth. In the first edition, Heather Beth Johnson explored this belief in the American Dream with over 200 in-depth interviews with black and white families, highlighting the ever-increasing racial wealth gap and the actual inequality in opportunities. This second edition has been updated to make it fully relevant to today?s reader, with new data and illustrative examples, including twenty new interviews. Johnson asks not just what parents are thinking about inequality and the American Dream, but to what extent children believe in the American Dream and how they explain, justify, and understand the stratification of American society. This book is an ideal addition to courses on race and inequality.
262 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 19, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415832663 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 16 mm · 385 g |
| Language | English |
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