Working-Class America: Essays on Labor, Community, and American Society (Working Class in American History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252009541 ISBN 13: 9780252009549

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1982

Synopsis

At the time of its original publication, Working-Class America represented the new labor history par excellence. A roster of noteworthy scholars in the field contribute original essays written during a pivotal time in the nation's history and within the discipline. Moving beyond historical-sociological analyses, the authors take readers inside the lives of the real men and women behind the statistics. The result is a classic collection focused on the human dimensions of the field, one valuable not only as a resource for historiography but as a snapshot of workers and their concerns in the 1980s.

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About the Author

Michael H. Frisch is a professor and Senior Research Scholar Emeritus at the University of Buffalo. He is the author of A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft And Meaning of Oral and Public History and Portraits in Steel. Daniel J. Walkowitz is a professor emeritus at New York University. He is the author of Working with Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity and coeditor of Memory and the Impact of Political Transformations in Public Spaces.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252009541
• ISBN 13: 9780252009549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Frisch Michael H, Walkowitz Daniel J