Driving after Class : Anxious Times in an American Suburb /

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A paradoxical situation emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century: the dramatic upscaling of the suburban American dream even as the possibilities for achieving and maintaining it diminished. Having fled to the suburbs in search of affordable homes, open space, and better schools, city-raised...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heiman, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2015.
Series:California series in public anthropology ; v. 31.
Subjects:
Middle class > New Jersey.
Social classes > New Jersey.
Suburban life > New Jersey.
Classes sociales > New Jersey.
Vie de la banlieue > New Jersey.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Middle class
Social classes
Social conditions
Suburban life
New Jersey > Social conditions.
New Jersey > Conditions sociales.
New Jersey
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Common Sense in Anxious Times
  • 2. Being Post-Brooklyn
  • 3. Gate Expectations
  • 4. Driving after Class
  • 5. Vehicles for Rugged Entitlement
  • 6. From White Flight to Community Might
  • 7. A Conclusion, or Rather, a Commencement.

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