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Uneasy Street
The Anxieties of Affluence
Taschenbuch von Rachel Sherman
Sprache: Englisch

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A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in society

From TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street"? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers-from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers-to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.

A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in society

From TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street"? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers-from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers-to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.

Über den Autor
Rachel Sherman teaches sociology at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. She is the author of Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691191904
ISBN-10: 0691191905
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sherman, Rachel
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 203 x 131 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Rachel Sherman
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 114900196
Über den Autor
Rachel Sherman teaches sociology at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. She is the author of Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691191904
ISBN-10: 0691191905
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sherman, Rachel
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 203 x 131 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Rachel Sherman
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 114900196
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