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Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity…
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Who Cares? - Public Ambivalence and Government Activism from the New Deal to the…

By Elisabeth S. Jacobs, Katherine S. Newman ( 1 customer rating) Princeton University Press, March 2010 ISBN: 9781400834686 Social Science, Sociology Language: English
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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…
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Rampage - The Social Roots of School Shootings

By Cybelle Fox, David Harding, Jal Mehta et al ( 1 customer rating) Basic Books, August 2008 ISBN: 9780786722372 Political Science, Government Language: English
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This book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and where regressive sales taxes apply even…
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Taxing the Poor - Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged

Wildavsky Forum Series - 7 By Katherine S. Newman, Rourke O’Brien ( 11 customer ratings) University of California Press, January 2011 ISBN: 9780520948938 Social Science, Anthropology Language: English
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"Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia InquirerIn No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work…
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No Shame in My Game - The Working Poor in the Inner City

Vintage By Katherine S. Newman ( 192 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 2009 ISBN: 9780307558657 Social Science, Sociology Language: English
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Fifty-seven million Americans-including 21 percent of the nation's children-live a notch above the poverty line, and yet the challenges they face are largely ignored. While government programs assist…
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The Missing Class - Portraits of the Near Poor in America

By Katherine Newman, Victor Tan Chen ( 5 customer ratings) Beacon Press, September 2007 ISBN: 9780807041413 Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science Language: English
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Why are adults in their twenties and thirties boomeranging back to or never leaving their parents' homes in the world's wealthiest countries? Acclaimed sociologist Katherine Newman addresses this…
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The Accordion Family - Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents,and the Private Toll of Global…

By Katherine S. Newman ( 21 customer ratings) Beacon Press, January 2012 ISBN: 9780807007440 Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science Language: English
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The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary secondary and higher education in many nations around the world. Educational expansion is desirable for a country's…
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Growing Gaps : Educational Inequality around the World

By Paul Attewell, Katherine S. Newman Oxford University Press, USA, October 2010 ISBN: 9780199889785 Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science Language: English
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"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…
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Rampage - The Social Roots of School Shootings

By Katherine S. Newman Basic Books, October 2007 ISBN: 9780465009633 History, Modern Language: English
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