The Missing Class
Portraits of the Near Poor in America
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8070-4140-6 (ISBN)
Description
This urgent examination of the lives of millions of hardworking Americans--neither poor nor middle class, but who live without a safety net--gives voice to the 57 million Americans who are sandwiched between the poor and middle classes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-4140-6 (9780807041406)
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Katherine Newman is professor of sociology and James Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Author of ten books on middle-class economic instability, urban poverty, and the sociology of inequality, Newman has taught at the University of California-Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton. Victor Tan Chen is the founding editor and president of INTHEFRAY Magazine (http: //inthefray.org/), an award-winning publication that seeks to question, inform, and inspire conversations about identity and community. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Newsday and the Minority Law Journal, and in the book Chutes and Ladders. He is a Harvard doctoral candidate in sociology and social policy.