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Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence
Katherine S. Newman
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Description for Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence
Paperback. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status in the 30 years between the late 1960s and the late 1990s. This text documents their stories. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Over the last three decades, millions of people have slipped through a loophole in the American dream and become downwardly mobile as a result of downsizing, plant closings, mergers, and divorce: the middle-aged computer executive laid off during an industry crisis, blue-collar workers phased out of the post-industrial economy, middle managers whose positions have been phased out, and once-affluent housewives stranded with children and a huge mortgage as the result of divorce. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women, and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status, and her book documents their stories. For ... Read more
Over the last three decades, millions of people have slipped through a loophole in the American dream and become downwardly mobile as a result of downsizing, plant closings, mergers, and divorce: the middle-aged computer executive laid off during an industry crisis, blue-collar workers phased out of the post-industrial economy, middle managers whose positions have been phased out, and once-affluent housewives stranded with children and a huge mortgage as the result of divorce. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women, and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status, and her book documents their stories. For ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520218420
SKU
V9780520218420
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About Katherine S. Newman
Katherine S. Newman is Ford Foundation Professor of Urban Studies, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the author of No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City (1999), Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream (1994), and Law and Economic Organization (1983).
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