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Title: Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream by Katherine S. Newman ISBN: 0-465-01594-8 Publisher: Perseus Books Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Did not happen in retrospect
Comment: This was a good book about attitudes of people in the baby boom generation. I missed the baby boom generation by a couple of years but I knew a lot of friends that felt they would not get their appropriate piece of the pie. I read this book back in 1994 when I was a MBA student. The prevailing thought was that the 90's would be a time of austerity. Another book which exemplifies that feeling is the "End of Affluence". Some of the credit for our IMPROVEMENT over the predicted results belong to the President (Clinton) and the Congress (both parties). One significant MILESTONE was that the home ownership rate reached record levels (especially amongst minorities)in the 90's.
The author Katherine Newman did a great job at telling person stories of baby boomers and their children and their predicted plight. I do not blame the author for getting this wrong. I am just glad that it did not come true.
Rating: 2
Summary: Gratingest Generation
Comment: Dated material.
Terrific if you're a baby boomer looking for a reason to whine. Still a good explanation of the whole situation for someone with no clue.
Rating: 5
Summary: What is the American Dream, anyway?
Comment: Being a child of baby-boomers, I found this book extrememly informative and helpful in understanding the complexity of achieving the American dream. Newman does a wonderful job at exploring the lives of the population in a small town, both the post-war parents and their baby-boomer children. The struggles they have to endure throughout their lives led to a much better understanding to what life really means to different people all around the U.S.. I would highly recommend this book.
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Title: Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence by Katherine S. Newman ISBN: 0520218426 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Families on the Fault Line by Lillian B. Rubin ISBN: 006092229X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 11 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman, Cybelle Fox, David Harding, Jal Mehta, Wendy Roth ISBN: 0465051030 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: No Shame in My Game : The Working Poor in the Inner City by KATHERINE S. NEWMAN ISBN: 0375703799 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 April, 2000 |
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Title: The Working Poor : Invisible in America by DAVID K. SHIPLER ISBN: 0375408908 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 |
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