LEADER 03921nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910972713803321 005 20251117082155.0 010 $a0-8070-4141-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000004333 035 $a(OCoLC)271178402 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271337 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377148 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336806 035 $a(PQKB)10099534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3118001 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6069543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6069543 035 $a(BIP)26754036 035 $a(BIP)49643962 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000004333 100 $a20070330d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe missing class $eportraits of the near poor in America /$fKatherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen 210 $aBoston $cBeacon Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-299-92228-7 311 08$a0-8070-4140-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD by Senator John Edwards -- ONE: The Missing Class -- TWO: Whose Neighborhood Is This Anyway? -- THREE: The American Dream, in Monthly Installments -- FOUR: The Sacrificed Generation -- FIVE: In Sickness and in Health -- SIX: Romance without Finance Is a Nuisance -- SEVEN: On the Edge: Plunging Out of the Missing Class -- EIGHT: Missing Class Mobility -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND A NOTE ON METHODS -- NOTES -- INDEX. 330 $aFifty-seven million Americans-including 21 percent of the nation's children-live a notch above the poverty line, and yet the challenges they face are largely ignored. While government programs assist the poor, and politicians woo the more fortunate, the "Missing Class" is largely invisible and left to fend for itself. Missing Class parents often work at a breakneck pace to preserve the progress they have made and are but one divorce or unexpected hospitalization away from sliding into poverty. Children face an even more perilous and uncertain future because their parents have so little time to help them with their schoolwork or guide them during their adolescent years. With little supervision, the younger generation often flounders in school, sometimes falling prey to the same problems that are prevalent in the much poorer communities that border Missing Class neighborhoods. Paradoxically, the very efforts that enabled parents to get ahead financially often inhibit their children from advancing; they are in real danger of losing what little ground their parents have gained. The Missing Class is an urgent and timely exploration that describes-through the experiences of nine families-the unique problems faced by this growing class of people who are neither working poor nor middle class. Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen trace where these families came from, how they've struggled to make a decent living, and why they're stuck without a safety net. An eloquent argument for the need to think about inequality in a broader way, The Missing Class has much to tell us about whether the American dream still exists for those who are sacrificing daily to achieve it. 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States 606 $aPoor$zUnited States 606 $aPoverty$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aWorking class 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aPoverty 676 $a305.5 700 $aNewman$b Katherine S.$f1953-$0524743 701 $aChen$b Victor Tan$f1976-$01635334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972713803321 996 $aThe missing class$94481424 997 $aUNINA