The missing class : portraits of the near poor in America / Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Katherine S., 1953-

Contributor:

Chen, Victor Tan, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--United States.

Working class.

United States.

Poor--United States.

Poor.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

United States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2007]

Summary:

This urgent examination of the lives of millions of hardworking Americans--neither poor nor middle class, but who live without a safety net--gives voice to the 57 million Americans who are sandwiched between the poor and middle classes.

Contents:

The missing class

Whose neighborhood is this anyway?

The American dream, in monthly installments

The sacrificed generation

In sickness and in health

Romance without finance is a nuisance

On the edge : falling out of the missing class

Missing class mobility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807041390

0807041394

OCLC:

122424713