Contents

Cover

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Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue: November 21, 1963

Part I
The Formation of a New Upper Class
1. Our Kind of People
2. The Foundations of the New Upper Class
3. A New Kind of Segregation
4. How Thick Is Your Bubble?
5. The Bright Side of the New Upper Class
Part II
The Formation of a New Lower Class
6. The Founding Virtues
7. Belmont and Fishtown
8. Marriage
9. Industriousness
10. Honesty
11. Religiosity
12. The Real Fishtown
13. The Size of the New Lower Class
Part III
Why It Matters
14. The Selective Collapse of American Community
15. The Founding Virtues and the Stuff of Life
16. One Nation, Divisible
17. Alternative Futures

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Data Sources and Presentation

Appendix B: Supplemental Material for the Segregation Chapter

Appendix C: Supplemental Material for the Chapter on Belmont and Fishtown

Appendix D: Supplemental Material for the Marriage Chapter

Appendix E: Supplemental Material for the Honesty Chapter

Appendix F: Supplemental Material for the American Community Chapter

Appendix G: Supplemental Material for the Chapter About the Founding Virtues and the Stuff of Life

Notes

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