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Working-Class Heroes : Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood /

Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mothers, and off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kefalas, Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: In Search of Working-Class Chicago
  • 1. Rethinking Race in the Ethnic White Enclave
  • 2. A Precious Corner of the World
  • 3. Home, Sweet Home
  • 4. For Country and Home
  • Conclusion: The Last Garden
  • App. In the Field.