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Overview"In a book that Robert B. Reich, former United States Secretary of Labour, called ""provocative and insightful...combining revealing details about specific people with thoughtful analysis of the trends that have shaped their lives,"" Katherine S. Newman, former of Dean of Social Science's at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and award-winning author of ""No Shame in My Game"" exposes a growing but largely invisible group of Americans: the aging urban underclass. While an increasing population of the United States population is about to retire - the number of Americans over age sixty-five is expected to double to seventy million in the next thirty years - the experience of middle and old age, as Newman shows, differs dramatically for whites and minorities, for the middle class and the poor, and for those living in the suburbs versus the city. Focusing on the lives of the elderly African Americans and Latinos in pockets of New York City where wages are low, crime is often high, and the elderly have few support systems they can rely on, ""A Different Shade of Gray"" provides ""a well-documented portrait of a little-examined group."" (Kirkus Reviews)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katherine S. NewmanPublisher: The New Press Imprint: The New Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.457kg ISBN: 9781595580818ISBN 10: 1595580816 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 April 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMoving and compelling...the first comprehensive and definitive study of the challenges facing older inner-city residents. - WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON Author InformationKatherine S. Newman is Dean of Social Science at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Malcolm Wiener Professor of Urban Studies at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She is the author of No Shame in My Game (which won the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Prize and the Sidney Hillman Book Award in 2000), Falling From Grace, Declining Fortunes, and, most recently, Rampage. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |