{"product_id":"uneasy-street-the-anxieties-of-affluence-paperback","title":"Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom TV's \"real housewives\" to \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on \"easy street\"? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers--from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers--to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, \u003ci\u003eUneasy Street\u003c\/i\u003e not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e teaches sociology at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eClass Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756988891424,"sku":"9780691191904","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/982b9b09c7595eae9fca05abc0607b2a.webp?v=1780091001","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/uneasy-street-the-anxieties-of-affluence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}