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003			OCoLC
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008			170602s2017 nju b 001 0 eng
010			_a2017010629
019			_a973764611 _a973797745 _a973896986
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035			_a(OCoLC)974676518 _z(OCoLC)973764611 _z(OCoLC)973797745 _z(OCoLC)973896986
037			_bPrinceton Univ Pr, C/O Two Rivers Distribution 210 American Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301 _nSAN 631-760X
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDX _dBDX _dOCLCO _dUOK _dYDX _dRCJ _dIUL _dOCLCF _dNGP _dVP@ _dUtOrBLW _dMiTN
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050	0	0	_aHC110 .W4 _bS54 2017
092			_a305.5234 _bSh55
100	1		_aSherman, Rachel, _d1970-
245	1	0	_aUneasy street : _bthe anxieties of affluence / _cRachel Sherman.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2017]
300			_axiii, 308 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Orientations to others: aspiring to the middle or recognizing privilege -- Working hard or hardly working? Productivity and moral worth -- A very expensive ordinary life: conflicted consumption -- Giving back, awareness, and identity -- Labor, spending, and entitlement in couples -- Parenting privilege -- Conclusion.
520			_a"[The author] draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers--including hedge fund financiers and corporate lawyers, professors and artists, and stay-at-home mothers--to examine their lifestyle choices and their understanding of privilege. [The author] upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing and displaying 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. They wish to be 'normal, ' describing their consumption as reasonable and basic and comparing themselves to those who have more than they do rather than those with less. These New Yorkers also want to see themselves as hard workers who give back and raise children with good values, and they avoid talking about money. Although their experiences differ depending on a range of factors, including whether their wealth was earned or inherited, these elites generally depict themselves as productive and prudent, and therefore morally worthy, while the undeserving rich are lazy, ostentatious, and snobbish. [The author] argues that this ethical distinction between 'good' and 'bad' wealthy people characterizes American culture more broadly, and that it perpetuates rather than challenges economic inequality. As the distance between rich and poor widens, [this book] not only explores the real 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."-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWealth _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRich people _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial stratification _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial classes _zUnited States.
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