Smoker's Luck

Year Published: 1980

Creator: British Broadcasting Corp TV

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Shows some significant contrasts in the lives of three boys who come from three different social classes. Relates the ascribed, or inherited, status of each to the wealth, occupation, residential address, and social status of his parents, and shows how graduation from the public high school marks the beginning of increasingly different lives. Uses the experiences ofoung man who raises his social status to illustrate the factors favoring vertical mobility in America.

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