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Rachel Sherman, “Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence” (Princeton UP, 2017)
Rachel Sherman, “Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence” (Princeton UP, 2017)
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For her new book Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence (Princeton University Press, 2017), Rachel Sherman conducted in-depth interviews with fifty wealthy New Yorkers—including hedge fund financiers, corporate lawyers, professors, artists, and stay at home mothers—to try to understand their lifestyle choices as consumers in society and their perception of...
Released:
Feb 26, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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