Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence | 
| Author: Katherine S. Newman
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 408028
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 342
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0520218426
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.5130973
EAN: 9780520218420
Publication Date: February 26, 1999
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Product Description
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 whose positions have been phased out, and once-affluent housewives stranded with children and a huge mortgage as the result of divorce. Anthropologist Katherine S. Newman interviewed a wide range of men, women, and children who experienced a precipitous fall from middle-class status, and her book documents their stories. For the 1999 edition, Newman has provided a new preface and updated the extensive data on job loss and downward mobility in the American middle class, documenting its persistence, even in times of prosperity.
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 Great topic but missing something October 11, 2000
Newman starts with a great topic. Downward mobility is a subject that not only isn't discussed in our society, most people try not to even think about it. Newman gives some very moving accounts of downwardly mobile workers and their families; however, these accounts are very inconsistent. With some of the accounts, I felt like there was almost too much information; however, with other accounts I felt like we barely got a taste of what their personal experience with downward mobility involved. Newman depicts 4 different groups of downwardly mobile people (middle managers, striking air tower contol workers, workers at a Singer Sewing Company factory and divorced midddle-class women). However, there's really enough information on each group to necessitate 4 individual books. This is great starting point to examine downward mobility, but the book ultimately leaves you wanting more.
 When I was downsized, after 27 yrs..she spoke to my soul October 22, 1999
6 out of 18 found this review helpful
When the diciples asked Jesus why he spoke in parables, Jesus said that it was because they did not perceive from the Spirit. Throughout the ordeal of knowing whether I'd ever get a decent job again, Katherine was the only one whose words spoke to my soul. She is very perceptive in her assessment of what income loss and job loss does to the individual.
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