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Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Publisher Comments:

A brilliant and insightful work that examines the insecurities of the middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the past two decades, Fear of Falling traces the myths about the middle class to their roots in the ambitions and anxieties that torment the group and that have led to its retreat from a responsible leadership role.

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"Brilliant social analysis and intellectual history, quite possibly the best on the subject since Tocqueville's." (-- Chicago Tribune)

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"Important, invaluable, controversial ... a major accomplishment .... Fiercely lucid and provocative, Fear of Falling is as much a book of the late 1980's as Daniel Bell's The End of Ideology or David Reisman's The Lonely Crowd were books of the 1950's" (-- Los Angeles Times Book Review )

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"Rich and politically provocative ... Ehrenreich's most ambitious and impressive book" (-- Philadelphia Inquirer)

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"Her juicy arguments are a tonic .... It would be hard to find a wittier, more insightful guide to the last three decades than Ehrenreich. Arguing with her is part of the pleasure" (--Newsweek )

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"Deeply pleasurable because of its splendid writing and telling detail." (-- Boston Globe)

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"Shrewd, readable, and plainspoken"(--The New Yorker)

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index.
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About the Author

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of numerous books, including The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Fight from Commitment. Social critic, essayist, and journalist, Ehrenreich has written for most of the major magazines and newspapers in the United States.
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ISBN:
9780060973339
Subtitle:
The Inner Life of the Middle Class
Author:
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Publisher:
Perennial
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Middle class
Subject:
Middle class -- United States -- Attitudes.
Subject:
General Social Science
Edition Description:
1st Perennial library ed.
Series Volume:
9388
Publication Date:
19881102
Binding:
Trade Paper
Grade Level:
to P
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
7.95x5.27x.71 in. .51 lbs.
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