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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Katherine S., 1953-
Other Authors: Chen, Victor Tan, 1976-
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Working class > United States.
Poor > United States.
Poverty > United States.
United States > Economic conditions.
Physical Description:xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.