{"product_id":"the-american-class-structure-in-an-age-of-growing-inequality-9781452203416","title":"The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike its predecessors  the Ninth Edition of Dennis Gilberts popular text focuses on the socioeconomic core of the American class system. Drawing on classic and contemporary studies  Gilbert describes our class structure and shows how class affects our everyday lives  from the way we raise our children to the way we vote. The major theme running through the book is the increasing inequality in American society. Gilbert describes the shift in the mid-1970s from an \"Age of Shared Prosperity\" to an \"Age of Growing Inequality.\" Using the most recent wage  income  and wealth statistics  and accounts of the shifting balance of class power in national politics  the author traces the widening disparities between the privileged classes and average Americans. He repeatedly returns to the question  \"Why is this happening?\" A variety of economic  political  and social factors are examined  and the competing explanations of influential writers are critically assessed  concluding with the authors synthesis of the books lessons about the power of class and the forces behind growing inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652486914101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1452203415","price":171.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781452203416.jpg?v=1781851730","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-american-class-structure-in-an-age-of-growing-inequality-9781452203416","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}