The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality Tenth Edition by Dennis L. Gilbert

The United States Social Structure in an Era of Increasing Disparity Tenth Edition by Dennis L. Gilbert

1. International Standard Book Number-10

   1506345964
2. ISBN-13

   978-1506345963With the most recent information on salary, fortune, income, and residential separation by salary, The United States Social Structure in an Era of Increasing Disparity, Tenth Edition depicts an unchanging trend of increasing disparity in the United States since the early 1970s. Concentrating on the economic core of the American social system, author Dennis L. Gilbert explores how alterations in the economy, household life, globalization, and politics are contributing to the rise in social inequality.

    

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   • “The Social Foundation of Trump′s Triumph” examines why for the first time since before the 1932 election, the Republican candidate for president garnered a larger percentage of the laboring class electorate than the Democratic challenger.
   • Evaluates the influence of technology and other elements in the decrease of factory work and how this direction is key in comprehending increased inequality and shifts in laboring class family life.
   • Presents global parallels to illustrate how the U.S. stands against other affluent nations on societal movement and destitution, and challenges our perception of the U.S. as an extraordinarily unbarred society.