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The Spirit Level

book by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson
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The Spirit Level

Summary

The Spirit Level is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Spirit Level authored Kate Pickett[3].
  • The Spirit Level authored Richard G. Wilkinson[4].
  • The Spirit Level's image is recorded as The Spirit Level, book cover (cropped).jpg[5].
  • The Spirit Level's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • The Spirit Level's genre is recorded as monograph[7].
  • The Spirit Level's Commons category is recorded as The Spirit Level Slides[8].
  • The Spirit Level's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Spirit Level's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • The Spirit Level's publication date is recorded as +2009-03-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Spirit Level's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05zvg_7[12].
  • The Spirit Level's Open Library ID is recorded as OL20779862W[13].
  • The Spirit Level's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132688521[14].
  • The Spirit Level's main subject is recorded as socioeconomics[15].
  • The Spirit Level's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Spirit Level'}[16].
  • The Spirit Level's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4b30cec0-506e-4c2d-abd3-f7337e0b6707[17].
  • The Spirit Level's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better'}[18].
  • The Spirit Level's OCLC work ID is recorded as 3373756905[19].
  • The Spirit Level's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 6489020[20].

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Designation and Status

The Spirit Level's instance of is recorded as written work[6].

Why It Matters

The Spirit Level ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

socioeconomics United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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