The Son Also Rises
Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 49)
Gregory Clark
The Son Also Rises challenges the belief that social mobility has improved over time by tracking family names across eight centuries and various countries. Economist Gregory Clark provides evidence that fate is determined by ancestry, and that social mobility rates remain low and are resistant to change. This thought-provoking book will challenge assumptions and spark debate.
Publish Date
2014-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
2014-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2004
Goodreads Rating
3.94
ISBN
9780691162546
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-02-22T22:25:39.000Z
For the @GlasgowGuardian to call Greg Clark a "eugenicist" is grotesque. He is a brilliant and original economic historian, whose books "A Farewell to Alms" and "The Son Also Rises" I highly recommend: – source