CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 withLosing Ground. His subsequent books includeIn Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein),What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, andReal Education. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.
"I'll be shocked if there's another book this year as important as
Charles Murray's 'Coming Apart.'"
--David Brooks, The New York Times
"Mr. Murray's sobering portrait is of a nation where millions of
people are losing touch with the founding virtues that have long
lent American lives purpose, direction and happiness."
--W. Bradford Wilcox, The Wall Street Journal
"'Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010' brims with
ideas about what ails America."
-- The Economist "a timely investigation into a worsening class
divide no one can afford to ignore."
--Publisher's Weekly "[Charles Murray] argues for the need to focus
on what has made the U.S. exceptional beyond its wealth and
military power...religion, marriage, industriousness, and
morality."
--Booklist (Starred Review) "Charles Murray ... has written an
incisive, alarming, and hugely frustrating book about the state of
American society."
--Roger Lowenstein, Bloomberg Businessweek
"I ll be shocked if there s another book this year as important as
Charles Murray s 'Coming Apart.'
--David Brooks, TheNew York Times
"Mr. Murray's sobering portrait is of a nation where millions of
people are losing touch with the founding virtues that have long
lent American lives purpose, direction and happiness."
--W. Bradford Wilcox, The Wall Street Journal
"'Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010' brims with
ideas about what ails America."
--The Economist
a timely investigation into a worsening class divide no one can
afford to ignore.
--Publisher's Weekly
[Charles Murray] argues for the need to focus on what has made the
U.S. exceptional beyond its wealth and military power...religion,
marriage, industriousness, and morality.
--Booklist (Starred Review)
"Charles Murray ... has written an incisive, alarming, and hugely
frustrating book about the state of American society."
--Roger Lowenstein, Bloomberg Businessweek "
"a timely investigation into a worsening class divide no one can
afford to ignore."
--"Publisher's Weekly"
"[Charles Murray] argues for the need to focus on what has made the
U.S. exceptional beyond its wealth and military power...religion,
marriage, industriousness, and morality."
--"Booklist (Starred Review)"
"Charles Murray ... has written an incisive, alarming, and hugely
frustrating book about the state of American society."
--Roger Lowenstein, "Bloomberg Businessweek"
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