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Author Ehrenreich, Barbara.

Title Fear of falling : the inner life of the middle class / Barbara Ehrenreich.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [1989]
©1989

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.55 E33F    DUE 04-30-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.5 EHRENREICH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 292 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 265-284.
Note Includes index.
Contents The class in the middle -- Affluence, dread, and the discovery of poverty -- The middle class on the defensive -- The discovery of the working class -- The "new class" : a bludgeon for the right -- The yuppie strategy -- The next great shift.
Summary An analysis of the professional middle class from the liberal elite of the 1960s to the yuppies of the 1980s and the amount of power and influence they wield over the American culture.
Subject Middle class -- United States -- Attitudes.
Other Form: Online version: Ehrenreich, Barbara. Fear of falling. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c1989 (OCoLC)598328251
Online version: Ehrenreich, Barbara. Fear of falling. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c1989 (OCoLC)607745795
ISBN 0394556925 : $18.95 ($25.95 Can.)
9780394556925
0394556925
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