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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Hillbilly Elegy

By J. D. Vance ,

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The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
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The Tyranny of Merit

By Michael J. Sandel ,

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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
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The Spirit Level

By Richard Wilkinson , Kate Pickett ,

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Sheppard Lee: Written by Himself
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Sheppard Lee

By Robert Montgomery Bird ,

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The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
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The Aristocracy of Talent

By Adrian Wooldridge ,

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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
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Our Kids

By Robert D. Putnam ,

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Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
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Ain't No Makin' It

By Jay MacLeod ,

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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
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The Social Animal

By David G. Brooks ,

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Barrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class
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Barrios to Burbs

By Jody Vallejo ,

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

By James Weldon Johnson ,

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What's Luck Got to Do with It? How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream
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What's Luck Got to Do with It? How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream

By Edward D. Kleinbard ,

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Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market
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Chutes and Ladders

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Coming of Age in the Other America
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Coming of Age in the Other America

By Stefanie DeLuca , Susan Clampet-Lundquist , Kathryn Edin

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Happiness for All? Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream
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Happiness for All? Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream

By Carol Graham ,

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Stone Cold Fox
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Stone Cold Fox

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You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility
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You're Leaving When?

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