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| Subtitle: surnames and the history of social mobility | 
| Book Category: Juvenile Nonfiction > Social Science > Sociology | 
| Author: Clark, Gregory | 
| Binding: Hardcover | 
| ISBN 13: 9780691162546 | 
| Price: USD 29.95 | 
| Publication Year: 2014 | 
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Princeton University Press. InquiryBook Description
 
    Clark (economics, Univ. of California, Davis) continues the project begun in his A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (CH, Jan'08, 45-2713). Here, he offers a controversial challenge to standard ideas that social mobility wipes out class advantages over a few generations.
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