Screen LibraryThe son also rises : surnames and the history of social mobility /
"How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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"How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique -- tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods -- renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies ... |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index. |
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9780691162546 (hardcover : acid-free paper) : 0691162549 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | HT612 |
| CLC: | D013-09 |
| Call Number: | D013-09/C593 |
| Contents: | Preface -- Introduction: of ruling classes and underclasses : the laws of social mobility -- Social mobility by time and place -- Sweden : mobility achieved? -- The United States : land of opportunity -- Medieval England : mobility in the feudal age -- Modern England : the deep roots of the present -- A law of social mobility -- Nature versus nurture -- Testing the laws of mobility -- India : caste, endogamy, and mobility -- China and Taiwan : mobility after Mao -- Japan and Korea : social homogeneity and mobility -- Chile : mobility among the oligarchs -- The law of social mobility and family dynamics ... |