1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002919110203316

Titolo

Aria, odore e sapore di Pasqua / testo in dialetto asceoto a cura di Antonio Rizzo ; ricerche sociologiche, canti delle congreghe religiose di Copersito e Torchiara a cura di Eugenia Rizzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ascea : [Artemis], [2000]

Descrizione fisica

94 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

781.62

Soggetti

Musica Popolare - Campania

Collocazione

III.2. 1256

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958455703321

Autore

Sullivan Teresa A. <1949->

Titolo

The fragile middle class : Americans in debt / / Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c2000

ISBN

9786611730048

9781281730046

1281730041

9780300128147

0300128142

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WarrenElizabeth <1949->

WestbrookJay Lawrence

Disciplina

332.7/5/0673

Soggetti

Bankruptcy - United States

Consumer credit - United States

Finance, Personal - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-365) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Americans in Financial Crisis -- Chapter 2. Middle-Class and Broke The Demography of Bankruptcy -- Chapter 3. Unemployed or Underemployed -- Chapter 4. Credit Cards -- Chapter 5. Sickness and Injury -- Chapter 6. Divorce -- Chapter 7. Housing -- Chapter 8. The Middle Class in Debt -- Appendix 1. Data Used in This Study -- Appendix 2. Other Published Studies -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since 1997, the number of American families filing for federal bankruptcy annually has exceeded one million. By most measures, those who file are members of the middle class-a group that has long provided stability and vitality for the American economic system. This raises the troubling question: why, during the most remarkable period of prosperity in our history, are unprecedented numbers of Americans encountering such serious financial trouble? The authors of this important book analyze court records and demographic data on thousands of bankruptcy cases, as well as debtors' own poignant accounts of the reasons for their bankruptcies. For many middle-class Americans, the findings show, financial stability is fragile-almost any setback can be disastrous. The erosion of job stability, divorce and family instability, the visible and invisible costs of medical care, the burden of home ownership, and the staggering weight of consumer debt financed with plastic combine to threaten the financial security of growing numbers of middle-class families. The authors view the bankruptcy process in the light of changing cultural and economic factors and consider what this may signify for the future of a large, secure, and dynamic middle class.