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Falling from Grace

Paperback • 1999 • English

Falling from Grace: Downward mobility in the age of affluence.

By Katherine S.

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About the book

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 Kat...Show more

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ISBN

9780520218420

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Falling from Grace

Format

Paperback

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