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Author Samuel, Lawrence R

Title The American Middle Class : a Cultural History
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (183 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Greatest Show On Earth; 2 The Happening; 3 Apocalypse Now; 4 Trading Places; 5 Falling Down; 6 The Perfect Storm; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society, the key to the country's democracy and prosperity. Most Americans believe they belong to this group, and few politicians can hope to be elected without promising to serve the middle class. Yet today the American middle class is increasingly seen as under threat. In The American Middle Class: A Cultural History, Lawrence R. Samuel charts the rise and fall of this most definitive American population, from its triumphant emergence in the post-World War II years to the struggles of the present day. Between the 1920s
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Subject Middle class -- United States -- History
Middle class -- Political activity -- United States
Economic history
Middle class
Middle class -- Political activity
Social conditions
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140024
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134624683
1134624689