American Dream and the Power of Wealth Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity

Name: American Dream and the Power of Wealth Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity
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ISBN: 9780415832670

ISBN-10: 0415832675

ISBN-13: 9780415832670

Edition: 2nd 2015 (Revised)

Authors: Heather Beth Johnson

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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…

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/9/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English