The missing class : portraits of the near poor in America /

This book gives voice to the 57 million Americans--including 21 percent of the nation's children--who are sandwiched between poor and middle class. While government programs help the needy and politicians woo the more fortunate, the "Missing Class" is largely invisible and ignored. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, Katherine S., 1953-
Otros Autores: Chen, Victor Tan, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Working class > United States.
Poor > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Travailleurs > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economic history
Poor
Poverty
Working class
United States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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