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Though equality is one of the most dearly cherished and proudly proclaimed ideals of our nation, you don't have to look far to see that we not only fall short of it, inequality often grows from one generation to the next. But what if I were to tell you that an egalitarian system has been hiding in plain sight? In this project, Duke sociologist Jessi Streib puts forward a new and bold conclusion: a college degree is the greatest economic equali...

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Some children are lucky to be born into the top of the class structure, but that does not mean they'll stay there. In Privilege Lost, Jessi Streib traces the lives of over 100 youth born into the upper-middle-class to reveal who is downwardly mobile, how they fall, and why they rarely see it coming.

Some children are lucky to be born into the top of the class structure, but that does not mean they'll stay there. In Privilege Lost, Jessi Streib traces the lives of over 100 youth born into the upper-middle-class to reveal who is downwardly mobile, how they fall, and why they rarely see it coming.

Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds.

Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds.