Open AccessBook Review: The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty
Author(s) -
Emily Mross
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.2.7286
Subject(s) - encyclopedia , middle class , expansive , poverty , class (philosophy) , dream , sociology , history , political science , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , law , materials science , compressive strength , neuroscience , composite material
Analyzation of the middle class is a news cycle staple, but how do we define the middle class, and what does the label mean? In the expansive The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty, a wide range of authors offer statistical categorizations, historical perspectives, and ethnographic explorations of the group that is supposed to define the American dream.