Social Stratification In The United States: The American Profile Poster

(Paperback, Fourth Edition)

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This much-anticipated update of the eye-opening' (Chicago Tribune) presentation of American society, drawn from the 2012 Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census, will be an essential resource and a touchstone for the current debates over education, inequality, poverty and jobs in the US. The poster depicts colour-coded figures that allow comparison of social groups at a glance and understanding of the relation of income distribution to race, sex, education and occupation. A companion booklet includes charts, graphs and explanations.'

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"Ingenious designA bleak, statistically meticulous, and even-tempered presentation of trends that ought to alarm anyone."
The New York Times Book Review

"Transforms the percentages and media figures you frequently hear into a form you can see and drawings you can grasp."
New York Daily News

"Sort of a Demographics 101 and Sociology 101 presented on a single large sheet of paper."
San Francisco Examiner

"There is a crippling lack of informationwith regard to some of the basic facts of the American socioeconomic system. This attractive poster goes a long way toward remedying that deficiency."
Robert Heilbroner

Author Bio

Stephen J. Rose is a senior economics fellow at Third Way: A Strategy Center for Progressives. He previously served in a number of research and policy positions at the Department of Labor, the National Commission for Employment Policy, the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, and the Educational Testing Service. He lives in Washington, D.C.