Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence

by Rachel Sherman

Book Overview

A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their own wealth and place in society

From TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, 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--including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691165505
• ISBN13: 9780691165509
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"