Coming up short : working-class adulthood in an age of uncertainty / Jennifer M. Silva.

Author/creator Silva, Jennifer M. author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxii, 192 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Working class--United States. --History. --21st century.
Working class--United States. --Economic conditions. --21st century.
Working class--United States. --Social life and customs.

Contents Coming of age in the risk society -- Prisoners of the present : obstacles on the road to adulthood -- Insecure intimacies : love, marriage, and family in the risk society -- Hardened selves : the remaking of the American working class -- Inhabiting the mood economy -- The hidden injuries of risk.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-187) and index.
LCCN 2012047890
ISBN9780199931460 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199931461 (hbk. : acid-free paper)