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Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book gives voice to the 57 million Americans--including 21 percent of the nation's children--who are sandwiched between poor and middle class. While government programs help the needy and politicians woo the more fortunate, the "Missing Class" is largely invisible and ignored. Through the experiences of nine families, sociologists Newman and Chen trace the unique problems faced by individuals in this large and growing demographic--the "near poor"--who...
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