Title The credential society : an historical sociology of education and stratification / Randall Collins ; new preface forewords by Tressie McMillan Cottom and Mitchell L. Stevens.

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Description	1 online resource (xxii, 303 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Legacy editions
	Legacy editions (Columbia University. Press)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The Credential Society by Randall Collins is a classic on higher education and its role in American society. Forty years later, its controversial claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but created a cycle of credential inflation, has proven remarkably prescient
Contents	The myth of technocracy -- Organizational careers -- The political economy of culture -- The united states in historical time -- The rise of the credential system -- The politics of professions -- The politics of a sinecure society -- References -- Index
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Educational sociology -- History.
	Educational sociology.
	History.
	Educational anthropology.
	Educational anthropology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Collins, Randall, 1941- Credential society. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231192347 (DLC) 2019000688 (OCoLC)1063700889
ISBN	9780231549783 (electronic book)
	0231549784 (electronic book)
	9780231192347 (hardcover)
	0231192347 (hardcover)
	9780231192354 (paperback)
	0231192355 (paperback)