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Article
“DOOMED … TO EAT THE BREAD OF DEPENDENCY”?: INSURING THE MIDDLE-CLASS AGAINST HARD TIMES
Commonplace: the journal of early American life
(2010)
Abstract
It is only when middle-class hopes and fears meet the realities of a modern economy that a fuller picture of this class’s experience can emerge.
Disciplines
Publication Date
April, 2010
Citation Information
Sharon Murphy. "“DOOMED … TO EAT THE BREAD OF DEPENDENCY”?: INSURING THE MIDDLE-CLASS AGAINST HARD TIMES" Commonplace: the journal of early American life Vol. 10 Iss. 3 (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sharon-murphy/11/