Coming apart: the state of white America, 1960-2010

November 21, 1963

The Formation of a New Upper Class. Our kind of people ; The foundations of the new upper class ; A new kind of segregation ; How thick is your bubble? ; The bright side of the new upper class.

The Formation of a New Lower Class. The founding virtues ; Belmont and Fishtown ; Marriage ; Industriousness ; Honesty ; Religiosity ; The real Fishtown

The size of the new lower class.

Why It Matters. The selective collapse of American community ; The founding virtues and the stuff of life ; One nation, divisible ; Alternative futures

Data sources and presentation

Supplemental material for the segregation chapter

Supplemental material for the chapter on Belmont and Fishtown

Supplemental material for the marriage chapter

Supplemental material for the honesty chapter

Supplemental material for the American community chapter

Supplemental material for the chapter about the founding virtues and the stuff of life.