Publication

2016 - Russell Sage Foundation

Language

English

Word Count

65,750 words, Guess

Page Count

263 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781610448628
  • ISBN-101610448626
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016023826
  • OCLC Control Number968193352
  • Better World Books9781610448628
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHQ536
  • LCCHQ536 .S3989 2017

Description

"Education, employment, and home ownership have long been considered stepping stones to the middle class. But in Abandoned Families, Kristin Seefeldt shows how many working families have access only to a separate but unequal set of poor-quality jobs, low-performing schools, and declining housing markets which offer few chances for upward mobility. Through in-depth interviews over a six-year period with women in Detroit, Seefeldt charts the increasing social isolation of many low-income workers, particularly African Americans, and analyzes how economic and residential segregation keep them from achieving the American Dream of upward mobility."--Provided by publisher.

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