Wealth and Poverty in America A Reader

Name: Wealth and Poverty in America A Reader
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ISBN: 9780631231806

ISBN-10: 0631231803

ISBN-13: 9780631231806

Edition: 2003

Authors: Dalton Conley

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The ideologies of equal opportunity and individual responsibility that dominate American culture tend to obscure the casual connections between poverty and wealth. Uncovering these connections is one of the purposes of this book. Wealth and Poverty in America is an accessible collection of over 20 important essays on the complex relationship between the rich and poor in the United States. It first presents classic and contemporary selections that form theories of where wealth comes from and why wealth tends to concentrate in the hands of the few. This set of readings deals with wealth at a more systematic, rather than individual, level. Next, the book deals with the question of why…

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List price: $65.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.65" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Wealth and Poverty in the Affluent Society



On the Origins and Causes of Wealth and Poverty: Systemic Explanations



Of the Division of Labor




Absolute and Relative Surplus Value




The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism




Some Principles of Stratification




Winner-Take-All Markets




Who's Rich, Who's Poor: How Resources Affect Life Chances



Inequality




What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances




Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth and Social Policy in America




Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class




Ain't No Making It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood




Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous



From Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville



The Miser and the Spendthrift




The Very Rich




Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How they Got There




The Case of Pullman, Illinois




Lifestyles of the Poor and Anonymous



Swapping




The Code of the Streets




Sidewalk Sleeping and Crack Bingeing




Whores, Slaves, and Stallions: Languages of Exploitation and Accommodation Among Prizefighters




What is to Be Done? Wealth, Poverty, and Public Policy



In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America




The Hidden Agenda




The Stakeholder Society




Black Economic Progress in the Era of Mass Imprisonment



Additional Readings


Index