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008 180315s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017056972
020 _a9780062412256
_q(hardback)
020 _z9780062412263
020 _z9780062847904
020 _z9780062847911
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dTnLvILS
042 _apcc
043 _an-us---
050 0 0 _aHT690.U6
_bQ37 2018
082 0 0 _a305.5/50973
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092 _305.55
_bQUA
100 1 _aQuart, Alissa,
245 1 0 _aSqueezed :
_bwhy our families can't afford America /
_cAlissa Quart.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2018]
300 _a312 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
520 _a"Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular working hours. Many realize that attaining the standard of living their parents managed has become impossible. Alissa Quart ... examines the lives of many middle-class Americans who can now barely afford to raise children. Through ... firsthand storytelling, Quart [posits that] our country has failed its families"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.
505 0 _aInconceivable : pregnant and squeezed -- Hyper-educated and poor -- Extreme day care : the deep cost of American work -- Outclassed : life at the bottom of the top -- The nanny's struggle -- Uber dads : moonlighting in the gig economy -- The second act industry : or the midlife do-over myth -- Squeezed houses -- The rise of 1 percent television -- Squeezed by the robots.
650 0 _aMiddle class
_zUnited States
_xEconomic conditions.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
_2bisacsh.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aQuart, Alissa, author.
_tSqueezed
_dNew York : Ecco, 2018
_z9780062412270
_w(DLC) 2018013105.
999 _c114220
_d114220