Uneasy Street : : The Anxieties of Affluence / / Rachel Sherman.

A surprising and revealing look at how today’s elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom 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 penetra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; No illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. ORIENTATIONS TO OTHERS
  • 2. WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING?
  • 3. “A VERY EXPENSIVE ORDINARY LIFE”
  • 4. “GIVING BACK,” AWARENESS, AND IDENTITY
  • 5. LABOR, SPENDING, AND ENTITLEMENT IN COUPLES
  • 6. PARENTING PRIVILEGE
  • CONCLUSION
  • METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • DISCUSSION QUESTIONS