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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charles Murray 著
• 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2013-01
• ISBN 9780307453433
• 定价 127.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromthebestsellingauthorofLosingGroundandTheBellCurve,thisstartlinglong-lensviewshowshowAmericaiscomingapartattheseamsthathistoricallyhavejoinedourclasses.

InComingApart,CharlesMurrayexplorestheformationofAmericanclassesthataredifferentinkindfromanythingwehaveeverknown,focusingonwhitesasawayofdrivinghomethefactthatthetrendshedescribesdonotbreakalonglinesofraceorethnicity.

Drawingonfivedecadesofstatisticsandresearch,ComingApartdemonstratesthatanewupperclassandanewlowerclasshavedivergedsofarincorebehaviorsandvaluesthattheybarelyrecognizetheirunderlyingAmericankinship—divergencethathasnothingtodowithincomeinequalityandthathasgrownduringgoodeconomictimesandbad.

ThetopandbottomofwhiteAmericaincreasinglyliveindifferentcultures,Murrayargues,withthepowerfulupperclasslivinginenclavessurroundedbytheirownkind,ignorantaboutlifeinmainstreamAmerica,andthelowerclasssufferingfromerosionsoffamilyandcommunitylifethatstrikeattheheartofthepursuitofhappiness.ThatdivergenceputsthesuccessoftheAmericanprojectatrisk.

TheevidenceinComingApartisaboutwhiteAmerica.ItsmessageisaboutallofAmerica.

【作者简介】

CHARLESMURRAYistheW.H.BradyScholarattheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute.Hefirstcametonationalattentionin1984withLosingGround.HissubsequentbooksincludeInPursuit,TheBellCurve(withRichardJ.Herrnstein),WhatItMeanstoBeaLibertarian,HumanAccomplishment,InOurHands,andRealEducation.Hereceivedabachelor’sdegreeinhistoryfromHarvardandaPh.D.inpoliticalsciencefromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.HeliveswithhiswifeinBurkittsville,Maryland.
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