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Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream

by Katherine S Newman

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American society has reneged on its promise to the baby-boom generation. Young people for the first time find themselves unable to duplicate, let alone surpass, their own parents’ standard of living. Declining Fortunes sheds new light on a driving issue of our day: downward mobility and the politics of resentment.
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ISBN:
9780465015948
Subtitle:
The Withering Of The American Dream
Author:
Newman, Katherine S
Author:
Newman, Katherine S.
Publisher:
Basic Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Sociology - Social Theory
Subject:
Economic Conditions
Subject:
1981-
Subject:
Sociology - General
Copyright:
1994
Publication Date:
19940512
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.93x5.68x.80 in. .79 lbs.
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