Broke : how debt bankrupts the middle class / edited by Katherine Porter.
2012
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Title
Broke : how debt bankrupts the middle class / edited by Katherine Porter.
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
Call Number
HG3766 .B76 2012
ISBN
9780804777001 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0804777004 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780804777018 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0804777012 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0804777004 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780804777018 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0804777012 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Description
xviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)712780978
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.
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Table of Contents
ch. One
Driven by Debt: Bankruptcy and Financial Failure in American Families / Katherine Porter
1
pt. I
The Debtor Next Door
ch. Two
A Vulnerable Middle Class: Bankruptcy and Class Status / Deborah Thorne
25
ch. Three
Out of Balance? Financial Distress in U.S. Households / Brian K. Bucks
40
pt. II
Starting Right, Ending Wrong
ch. Four
Home Burdens: The High Costs of Homeownership / Jerry Anthony
65
ch. Five
College Lessons: The Financial Risks of Dropping Out / Katherine Porter
85
ch. Six
Striking Out on Their Own: The Self-Employed in Bankruptcy / Robert M. Lawless
101
pt. III
Hurting at Home
ch. Seven
No Forwarding Address: Losing Homes in Bankruptcy / Marianne B. Culhane
119
ch. Eight
Women's Work, Women's Worry? Debt Management in Financially Distressed Families / Deborah Thorne
136
pt. IV
The Hard Road Out
ch. Nine
The Do-It-Yourself Mirage: Complexity in the Bankruptcy System / Angela Littwin
157
ch. Ten
Less Forgiven: Race and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy / Robert M. Lawless
175
pt. V
The Once and Future American Dream
ch. Eleven
Borrowing to the Brink: Consumer Debt in America / Kevin T. Leicht
195
ch. Twelve
The Middle Class at Risk / Jacob S. Hacker
218
Appendix Methodology of the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project / Katherine Porter
235
Acknowledgments
245
Notes
247
Bibliography
273
Contributor Biographies
297
Index
301