Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
- 作者
- 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2013年1月
- ISBN 9780307453433
- 定价 127.00
内容简介
FromthebestsellingauthorofLosingGroundandTheBellCurve,thisstartlinglong-lensviewshowshowAmericaiscomingapartattheseamsthathistoricallyhavejoinedourclasses.InComingApart,CharlesMurrayexplorestheformationofAmericanclassesthataredifferentinkindfromanythingwehaveeverknown,focusingonwhitesasawayofdrivinghomethefactthatthetrendshedescribesdonotbreakalonglinesofraceorethnicity.Drawingonfivedecadesofstatisticsandresearch,ComingApartdemonstratesthatanewupperclassandanewlowerclasshavedivergedsofarincorebehaviorsandvaluesthattheybarelyrecognizetheirunderlyingAmericankinship—divergencethathasnothingtodowithincomeinequalityandthathasgrownduringgoodeconomictimesandbad.ThetopandbottomofwhiteAmericaincreasinglyliveindifferentcultures,Murrayargues,withthepowerfulupperclasslivinginenclavessurroundedbytheirownkind,ignorantaboutlifeinmainstreamAmerica,andthelowerclasssufferingfromerosionsoffamilyandcommunitylifethatstrikeattheheartofthepursuitofhappiness.ThatdivergenceputsthesuccessoftheAmericanprojectatrisk.TheevidenceinComingApartisaboutwhiteAmerica.ItsmessageisaboutallofAmerica.
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