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3. THE PROMISE OF MOBILITY

  • Stephan Thernstrom
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Poverty and Progress
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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE, 1987 iii
  3. CONTENTS xiii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. 1. LABORER AND COMMUNITY AT MID-CENTURY 9
  6. 2. THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CON 33
  7. 3. THE PROMISE OF MOBILITY 57
  8. 4. THE DIMENSIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY 80
  9. 5. PROPERTY, SAVINGS, AND STATUS 115
  10. 6. THE PROCESS OF MOBILITY 138
  11. 7. LABORER AND COMMUNITY IN 1880: TOWARD SOCIAL STABILITY 166
  12. 8. NEWBURYPORT AND THE LARGER SOCIETY 192
  13. APPENDIX FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE YANKEE CITY SERIES: THE PITFALLS OF AHISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE 225
  14. NOTES 241
  15. INDEX 283
  16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 287
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674044319-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE, 1987 iii
  3. CONTENTS xiii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. 1. LABORER AND COMMUNITY AT MID-CENTURY 9
  6. 2. THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CON 33
  7. 3. THE PROMISE OF MOBILITY 57
  8. 4. THE DIMENSIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY 80
  9. 5. PROPERTY, SAVINGS, AND STATUS 115
  10. 6. THE PROCESS OF MOBILITY 138
  11. 7. LABORER AND COMMUNITY IN 1880: TOWARD SOCIAL STABILITY 166
  12. 8. NEWBURYPORT AND THE LARGER SOCIETY 192
  13. APPENDIX FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE YANKEE CITY SERIES: THE PITFALLS OF AHISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE 225
  14. NOTES 241
  15. INDEX 283
  16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 287
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