Extent: | XII, 364 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 25 cm |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index PrefaceIntroduction: 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 -- Protestants, Jews, gypsies, Muslims, and copts : exceptions to the law of mobility? -- Mobility anomalies -- The good society -- Is mobility too low? : mobility versus inequality -- Escaping downward social mobility -- Appendix 1: Measuring social mobility -- Appendix 2: Deriving social mobility rates from surname frequencies -- Appendix 3: Discovering the status of your surname lineage -- Data sources for figures and tables -- References -- Index. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-16837-1 ; 978-0-691-16254-6 |
Classification: | Genealogie, Heraldik ; Soziale Stratifikation, soziale Mobilität |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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