Newman, Katherine S.,  1953- <br/><br/>
Chutes and ladders :  navigating the low-wage labor market / 
Katherine S. Newman. 
 - New York :  Cambridge, Mass. :  Russell Sage Foundation ;  Harvard University Press,  2006. 
 - xii, 405 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The best-case scenario / Katherine S. Newman and Chauncy Lennon -- High flyers, low riders, and the "up but not out" club -- All in the family -- The national picture / Helen Connolly, Peter Gottschalk, and Katherine S. Newman -- Streetwise economics -- Victor Tan Chen and Katherine S. Newman -- "This is the kind of life I want" : work and welfare in the boom years -- Dreams, deferred : aspirations and obstacles in work and family life -- Opening the gates. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674023369 0674023366 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006044340 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minorities--Employment--New York (State)--New York.<br/>Career development--United States.<br/>Social mobility--United States.<br/>Working poor--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.<br/>United States--Economic policy--1993-2001.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD8081.A5  / N49 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5/690973