CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984
with Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The
Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a
Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real
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
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