The fragile middle class: Americans in debt (Record no. 387138)
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| fixed length control field | 01944 a2200193 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780300091717 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 332.750673 |
| Item number | S8F7 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sullivan, Teresa A. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 307197 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The fragile middle class: Americans in debt |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Sullivan, Teresa A. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Yale University Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Haven |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 380 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Since 1997, the number of American families filing for federal bankruptcy annually has exceeded one million. By most measures, those who file are members of the middle class—a group that has long provided stability and vitality for the American economic system. This raises the troubling question: why, during the most remarkable period of prosperity in our history, are unprecedented numbers of Americans encountering such serious financial trouble?<br/>The authors of this important book analyze court records and demographic data on thousands of bankruptcy cases, as well as debtors’ own poignant accounts of the reasons for their bankruptcies. For many middle-class Americans, the findings show, financial stability is fragile—almost any setback can be disastrous. The erosion of job stability, divorce and family instability, the visible and invisible costs of medical care, the burden of home ownership, and the staggering weight of consumer debt financed with plastic combine to threaten the financial security of growing numbers of middle-class families. The authors view the bankruptcy process in the light of changing cultural and economic factors and consider what this may signify for the future of a large, secure, and dynamic middle class.<br/>(http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300091717) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Bankruptcy - United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Consumer credit - United States |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Warren, Elizabeth |
| 9 (RLIN) | 307203 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Westbrook, Jay Lawrence |
| 9 (RLIN) | 307204 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | 17/12/2014 | Flipkart.com | 2083.80 | 1 | 332.750673 S8F7 | 188123 | 20/10/2015 | 19/10/2015 | 2265.00 | 12/12/2014 | Book |