Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in a Nineteenth Century City

by Stephan Thernstrom

Poverty and Progress; Social mobility in a nineteenth-century city. Atheneum paperback edition, 286 pages.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Stephan Thernstrom was an American academic and historian who was the Winthrop Research Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University. He was a specialist in ethnic and social history and was the editor of the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. He and his wife Abigail Thernstrom were prominent opponents of affirmative action in education and according to the New York Times, they "lead the conservative charge against racial preference in America."

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[Jennah Simpson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish it had focused more on the Civil War, but that is only because that is what I need to use it for.