Work in Black and White : Striving for the American Dream /

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"Black and White Americans have responded to increasing economic insecurity in very different ways, reconciling their economic realities within distinctly racialized conceptions of meritocracy and the American dream. Americans in all racial groups often put faith in education as the key to upwa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Branch, Enobong Hannah, 1983- (Author), Hanley, Caroline (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Social conditions.
Minorities > Economic conditions.
Middle class.
Economic history.
American Dream.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Middle class > United States.
Working class > United States.
United States.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Power of the Illusion, the Way We Never Were
  • The Dream Interrupted, Insecurity Among the Middle-Aged
  • Privileged Expectations and Insecure Realities
  • The Myth of Equal Opportunity
  • Negotiating Uncertainty
  • Economic Vulnerability as the New Normal.

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