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The American dream and the power of wealth: choosing schools and inheriting inequality in the land of opportunity
The American dream and the power of wealth: choosing schools and inheriting inequality in the land of opportunity
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Johnson, Heather Beth
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
c2006
Language
English
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The wealth gap and the American dream
Meritocracy and "good" schools
Buying in and opting out
Making do and feeling stuck
Wealth privilege
Inequality and ideology
An unresolved conflict.
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Economic conditions
Educational equalization
Educational equalization -- United States
Equality
Equality -- United States
Social conditions
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980
Wealth
Wealth -- United States
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9780415952392
9780415952385
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