Social Mobility in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Author: Hartmut Kaelble
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 202
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Social Mobility in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century England
Author: A. Miles
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1999-04-12
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0230373216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis pioneering book provides the first systematic historical analysis of occupational and social mobility in England. Using a collection of over 10,000 marriage certificates to examine inter-generational change, and almost 500 autobiographical texts and abstracts to explore the dynamics of career mobility, it shows how the development of the nineteenth-century economy was accompanied by rising rates of mobility, which made English society more 'open' while at the same encouraging a distinct process of working-class formation.
The Son Also Rises
Author: Gregory Clark
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0691168377
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique -- tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods -- renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies. The good news is that these patterns are driven by strong inheritance of abilities and lineage does not beget unwarranted advantage. The bad news is that much of our fate is predictable from lineage. Clark argues that since a greater part of our place in the world is predetermined, we must avoid creating winner-take-all societies."--Jacket.
Social Mobility in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Author: Hartmut Kaelble
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 200
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Author: David B. Grusky
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 178
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCapital in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Thomas Piketty
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2017-08-14
Total Pages: 817
ISBN-13: 0674979850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this work the author analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. He shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality--the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth--today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values if political action is not taken. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, the author says, and may do so again. This original work reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
Getting Ahead
Author: Daniel P. McMurrer
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780877666745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdapted in part from the "Opportunity in America" series of policy briefs, this volume focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States. Class or family background has a strong effect on individual success, the authors find. They examine the possible reasons for this relationship; how it has changed over the past century; and the role of the economy, the welfare system, and education in opening up opportunities for the less fortunate.
The European Way
Author: Hartmut Kaelble
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781571818607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA good social history of Europe has yet to be written though, given the developments over the last few decades, this seems more urgent than ever before. This volume presents an important step forward in that it brings together eight internationally known social historians from Europe and Israel, each of whom offer an overview of some key themes in European history during the last two centuries. While dealing with the great changes of this period, the authors reveal the commonalities that link European societies together but also important differences at a national level.
Popular Historiographies in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Author: Sylvia Paletschek
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1845459733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPopular presentations of history have recently been discovered as a new field of research, and even though interest in it has been growing noticeably very little has been published on this topic. This volume is one of the first to open up this new area of historical research, introducing some of the work that has emerged in Germany over the past few years. While mainly focusing on Germany (though not exclusively), the authors analyze different forms of popular historiographies and popular presentations of history since 1800 and the interrelation between popular and academic historiography, exploring in particular popular histories in different media and popular historiography as part of memory culture.
Schooling and Social Change Since 1760
Author: Roy Lowe
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-02-21
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1351169548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSchooling and Social Change in England since 1760 offers a powerful critique of the situation of British education today and shows the historical processes that have helped generate the crisis confronting policymakers and practitioners at the present time. The book identifies the key phases of economic and social change since 1760 and shows how the education system has played a central role in embedding, sustaining and deepening social distinctions in Britain. Covering the whole period since the first industrialization, it gives a detailed account of the development of a deeply divided education system that leads to quite separate lifestyles for those from differing backgrounds. The book develops arguments of inequalities through a much-needed account of the changes in education. This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and post-graduate students in the field of history of education and education politics. It will also appeal to administrators, teachers and policy makers, especially those interested in the historical development of schooling.
