Equality
- ISBN-10
- 0394711858
- ISBN-13
- 9780394711850
- Series
- Equality
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Author
- William Ryan
Description
Evaluates the nature of equality in America, stressing that our belief in the myth of the self-sufficient individualist is more apt to promote inequality and insecurity than equality for all
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