elite (social sciences)

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elite (social sciences)

Twilight of the elites

America after meritocracy
Details the events that have led to the disruption of relations between ordinary citizens and the social elite, including such organizations as Congress, Wall Street, and professional sports. Reveals how this crisis of authority threatens to upend American culture and politics and considers where this turn of events may lead.

Love is the drug

2014
Emily Bird is an African American high school senior in Washington D.C., member of a privileged medical family, on the verge of college and the edge of the drug culture, and not really sure which way she will go--then one day she wakes up in the hospitalwith no memory of what happened.

Twilight of the elites

America after meritocracy

The social animal

the hidden sources of love, character, and achievement
2011
Looks at current research from a variety of disciplines by following the lives and unconscious motivations of a hypothetical American couple as they grow, meet, and change throughout their lives.

War on the middle class

how the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back
2006

The social animal

[a story of love, character, and achievement]
2011

White men on race

power, privilege, and the shaping of cultural consciousness
2003
Examines racial attitudes based on information which has been provided by over 100 upper-income white men who express their views on blacks today, immigration, crime, and discriminatory practices.

The rise of Silas Lapham

an authoritative text, composition and backgrounds, contemporary responses, criticism
1982
A text of Howells' novel is followed by commentary, correspondence, and critical essays.

Affairs of honor

national politics in the New Republic
2001
Offers a reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic, exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures like Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton.

American government

opposing viewpoints
1987

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