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Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty /

A sustained analysis of contemporary working class lives, providing a powerful and compelling perspective on several high profile issues at the forefront of public debate: economic instability, class instability, and the changing composition of the American family.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silva, Jennifer M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Working class > United States > History > 21st century.
Working class > United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Working class > United States > Social life and customs.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Working class
Working class > Economic conditions
Working class > Social life and customs
United States
2000-2099
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Coming of age in the risk society
  • Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood
  • Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society
  • Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class
  • Inhabiting the mood economy
  • Conclusion : the hidden injuries of risk
  • Appendix
  • References.