Falling from grace : downward mobility in the age of affluence
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Falling from grace : downward mobility in the age of affluence
University of California Press, 1999
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"First California Paperback Printing 1999"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references(p. 301-318) and index
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Description
Over the last three decades, millions of people have slipped through a loophole in the American dream and become downwardly mobile as a result of downsizing, plant closings, mergers, and divorce: the middle-aged computer executive laid off during an industry crisis, blue-collar workers phased out of the post-industrial economy, middle managers whose positions have been phased out, and once-affluent housewives stranded with children and a huge mortgage as the result of divorce. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women, and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status, and her book documents their stories. For the 1999 edition, Newman has provided a new preface and updated the extensive data on job loss and downward mobility in the American middle class, documenting its persistence, even in times of prosperity.
Table of Contents
Preface
1 American Nightmares
2 Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence
3 Rejected Managers and the Culture of Meritocracy
4 The Downwardly Mobile Family
5 Brotherhoods of the Downwardly Mobile
6 Blue-Collar Workers and the Abandonment of Tradition
7 Middle-Class Women in Trouble
8 Falling from Grace
9 Afterword
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
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