
The son also rises |
Subtitle:
surnames and the history of social mobility
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Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Social Science > Sociology
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Author:
Clark, Gregory
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691162546
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Price:
USD 29.95
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Publication Year:
2014
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Publisher Info
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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