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Poison ivy : how elite colleges divide us
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- Summary
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"An eye-opening look at how America's elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich rich--making it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us today"--
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- Creator
- Evan Mandery
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : The New Press, 2022
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1620976951, 9781620976951, 9781620977224, 1620977222
- OCLC
- on1261362289, on1344541938
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Going up -- Falling off -- The top floor and the iron ceiling -- Finding the escalator -- Cracking the code -- Green fences-the games kids play -- The well-rounded man -- Affirmative action for rich whites -- Doing good -- The best and the brightest-building the meritocracy myth -- The doubly disadvantaged -- Learning to party -- How liberals become conservative -- Still separate, still unequal -- How Michael Lewis ruined baseball -- You say you want a revolution -- Making college pay -- We need you, Mr. Grassley -- One percent solutions -- Communities of opportunity -- Postscript: A plea to the privileged