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1	No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist An anthropologist examines the lives of the working poor in Harlem, New York City. Katherine Newman spent two years on her project, and got to know many individuals and groups. In the best social science, she unravels layers of society in the community and shows how they interrelate. She is perceptive on issues of self-esteem and status. The ... see all copies from $4.68! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America more books like this by Katherine S Newman, Victor Tan Chen add to wishlist This urgent examination of the lives of millions of hardworking Americans--neither poor nor middle class, but who live without a safety net--gives voice to the 57 million Americans who are sandwiched between the poor and middle classes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labour market. In this timely volume, Katherine S. Newman explores whether the poorest workers and families benefited from the tight labour markets and good economic times of the late 1990s. Following black and Latino ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $13.34! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings more books like this by Katherine S Newman, Cybelle Fox, Wendy Roth add to wishlist The first study to examine why violence erupts in America's small towns and suburbs-and what can be done to prevent it. In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in Age of Affluence more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist Over the last three decades, millions of people have slipped through a loophole in the American dream and become downwardly mobile as a result of downsizing, plant closings, mergers, and divorce: the middle-aged computer executive laid off during an industry crisis, blue-collar workers phased out of the post-industrial economy, middle managers ... see all copies from $2.67! new only from $17.35! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Falling from Grace: The Experience of Downward Mobility in the American Middle Class more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist As a result of shifting economic and social conditions, many Americans are, for the first time, sliding down the mobility ladder, earning less and suffering a severe loss of middle-class status and self-respect. Here is a penetrating look at their lifestyles and feelings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Law and Economic Organization more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist The question why certain kinds of legal institutions are found in certain kinds of societies has been little explored by anthropologists. In this book Katherine Newman examines a sample of some sixty different preindustrial societies, distributed across the world, in an attempt to explain why their legal systems vary. The key to understanding this ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist American society has reneged on its promise to the baby-boom generation. Young people for the first time find themselves unable to duplicate, let alone surpass, their own parents standard of living. Declining Fortunes sheds new light on a driving issue of our day: downward mobility and the politics of resentment. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment Insecurity more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist Laid Off, Laid Low provides a sobering portrait of the ailing American labor system and the social and political consequences of increasing job insecurity. It proves that the health of the labor market is not a transitory issue brought low by the factors of recession, but a serious concern reflecting deep structural problems in American society. ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.00! \| SVS
10	A Different Shade of Gray: Midlife and Beyond in the City more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist An original look at urban aging by the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize winner. In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called "provocative and insightful ....combining revealing details about specific people with thoughtful analysis of the trends that have shaped their lives," Katherine S. Newman, former dean of social ... see all copies from $8.38! new only from $16.88! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Different Shade of Gray more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist Classic works by William Julius Wilson and Alex Kotlowitz have given Americans searing accounts of coming of age amid urban poverty. Now Katherine Newman, Kennedy School professor and author of No Shame in My Game, a book about the working poor that Publishers Weekly called "eye-opening" and "bracingly refreshing, " shifts our attention to the ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $42.59! \| first editions
12	Falling from Grace more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $55.95! \| first editions
13 view cover	Law and Economic Organization: A Comparative Study of Preindustrial Societies more books like this by Katherine S Newman add to wishlist The question why certain kinds of legal institutions are found in certain kinds of societies has been little explored by anthropologists. In this book Katherine Newman examines a sample of some sixty different preindustrial societies, distributed across the world, in an attempt to explain why their legal systems vary. The key to understanding this ... see all copies from $20.00! first editions
14	Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination and Social Exclusion in Modern India by Sukhadeo Thorat, Katherine S. Newman add to wishlist This volume argues that the Indian society is characterized by multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion that create profound barriers to upward mobility and freedom from structures of deprivation. The essays study widespread patterns of discrimination and underlying attitudinal orientations that contribute to inequality in various aspects of ... see all copies from $42.27! new only from $42.27!

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