The making of the slave class / Jerry Carrier.

You can only be a king if you have many peasants. You can only have the super-rich if you have many who are poor. And this is the basis for class. A nationally recognized instructor in class, race, American culture, economic development and poverty issues, Jerry Carrier offers the personal story of...

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Main Author: Carrier, Jerry, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2010.
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Summary:You can only be a king if you have many peasants. You can only have the super-rich if you have many who are poor. And this is the basis for class. A nationally recognized instructor in class, race, American culture, economic development and poverty issues, Jerry Carrier offers the personal story of a working class man's early life in poverty combined with a very cogent dissection of the signals and mechanisms that create and maintain the class system in the United States which determines who will prosper and who will fail.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 241 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780875867700
0875867707
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.