Labor's love lost :: the rise and fall of the working-class family in America /

Two generations ago, young men and women with only a high-school degree would have entered the plentiful industrial occupations which then sustained the middle-class ideal of a male-breadwinner family. Such jobs have all but vanished over the past forty years, and in their absence ever-growing numbe...

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1. Verfasser: Cherlin, Andrew J., 1948-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
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Zusammenfassung:Two generations ago, young men and women with only a high-school degree would have entered the plentiful industrial occupations which then sustained the middle-class ideal of a male-breadwinner family. Such jobs have all but vanished over the past forty years, and in their absence ever-growing numbers of young adults now hold precarious, low-paid jobs with few fringe benefits. Facing such insecure economic prospects, less-educated young adults are increasingly forgoing marriage and are having children within unstable cohabiting relationships. This has created a large marriage gap between them and their more affluent, college-educated peers. In Labor's Love Lost, noted sociologist Andrew Cherlin offers a new historical assessment of the rise and fall of working-class families in America, demonstrating how momentous social and economic transformations have contributed to the collapse of this once-stable social class and what this seismic cultural shift means for the nation's future.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index.
ISBN:9781610448444
1610448448

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