Saving Horatio Alger : Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream /

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Americans celebrate the Horatio Alger ideal, that all individuals can succeed by their own efforts in a level playing field, yet social mobility rates in America are now lower than those in Europe, risking America becoming an ossified, class-based society. Richard Reeves argues in this Brookings Ess...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Reeves, Richard V. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Collection:Brookings essay.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Alger, Horatio, > Jr., > 1832-1899 > Criticism and interpretation.
Equality > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
American Dream.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Alger vs. Bellamy
  • Go West, young man
  • Alger on the ropes
  • Warning : wealth gaps ahead
  • Class : the great divide
  • Reviving the American dream.

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