Biography: Katherine S. Newman is the Malcolm S. Forbes Class of 1941 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She is the author of eight other books on poverty, downward mobility and school violence, including most recently Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market. She previously taught at Harvard, Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.

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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America Authors: Katherine Newman, Victor Tan Chen   Foreword by: Senator John Edwards Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $24.95 In stock. Qty:

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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America Authors: Katherine Newman, Victor Tan Chen   Foreword by: Senator John Edwards Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $15.00 In stock. 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. Qty:

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