Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010

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Charles Murray
Charles Murray
2012 • 418 pages

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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.

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Charles Murray does his usual magnificent job in amassing and interpreting social science data to draw some somber conclusions about what's happening to America and what the future may hold. Lots and lots to think about. Highly Recommended!

May 30, 2012

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