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Paperback The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility Book

ISBN: 0691168377

ISBN13: 9780691168371

The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility

(Part of the The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series)

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A surprising look at how ancestry still determines social outcomes

How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it 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...

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