{"product_id":"book-6929","title":"Coming Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes a bonus disc with graphs, charts, and more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eL\u003c\/em\u003eo\u003cem\u003esing Ground\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that have historically joined our classes.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known, focusing on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of race or ethnicity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on five decades of statistics and research, \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that a new upper class and a new lower class have diverged so far in core behaviors and values that they barely recognize their underlying American kinship—a divergence that has nothing to do with income inequality and that has grown during good economic times and bad. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The top and bottom of white America increasingly live in different cultures, Murray argues, with the powerful upper class living in enclaves surrounded by their own kind, ignorant about life in mainstream America, and the lower class suffering from erosions of family and community life that strike at the heart of the pursuit of happiness. This divergence puts the success of the American project at risk. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The evidence in \u003cem\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/em\u003e is about white America. Its message is about all of America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49304368251184,"sku":"BD6929","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49304369103152,"sku":"ZE6929","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49304369561904,"sku":"ZM6929","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/6929-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775706548","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-6929","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}