Social Stratification In The United States

Generations of educators, organizers, and activists have relied on this brilliantly designed book-and-poster set, originally published in 1979, to illustrate the magnitude of America's economic divide. Today, income inequality is at an all-time high, and awareness of the issue is growing proportionately. The financial crisis of 2008 changed the eco

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This much-anticipated update of the eye-opening' (Chicago Tribune) presentation of American society, drawn from the 2012 Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census, will be an essential resource and a touchstone for the current debates over education, inequality, poverty and jobs in the US. The poster depicts colour-coded figures that allow comparison of social groups at a glance and understanding of the relation of income distribution to race, sex, education and occupation. A companion booklet includes charts, graphs and explanations.'