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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Branch, Enobong Hannah, 1983- (Auteur), Hanley, Caroline (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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