Katherine S. Newman





Katherine S. Newman

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February 21, 1953 in Palo Alto, CA, The United States

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Katherine Newman is Professor of Sociology and James Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Author of several books on middle class economic instability, urban poverty, and the sociology of inequality, she previously taught at the University of California (Berkeley), Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton.


Average rating: 3.62 · 340 ratings · 71 reviews · 15 distinct works
No Shame in My Game: The Wo...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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The Missing Class: Portrait...
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Chutes and Ladders: Navigat...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Falling from Grace: Downwar...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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The Accordion Family: Boome...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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A Different Shade of Gray: ...
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Taxing the Poor: Doing Dama...
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Declining Fortunes: The Wit...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Who Cares?: Public Ambivale...
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