num_pages: 304
description: A brilliant and insightful work that examines the insecurities of the middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the past two decades, Fear of Falling traces the myths about the middle class to their roots in the ambitions and anxieties that torment the group and that have led to its retreat from a responsible leadership role.
language: English
title: Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
titlecomplete: Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
genres: Society, Politics, Nonfiction, United States, Economics, Psychology, Class, Adult, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 574
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: HarperCollins