Bridging the Divide : Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society /

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"An interpretation of the differences between working-class and professional-middle-class cultures in the U.S. since World War II, exploring how these class cultures both conflict with and complement each other"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metzgar, Jack (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class > Social conditions.
Working class > Social aspects.
Class consciousness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Conscience de classe > États-Unis.
Travailleurs > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Middle class > Social aspects > United States.
Working class > United States > Social conditions.
Class consciousness > United States.
Working class > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: achieving mediocrity
  • What was glorious about the glorious 30?
  • The rise of professional middle-class labor
  • Working-class agency in place
  • "At least we ought to be able to"
  • There is a genuine working-class culture
  • Categorical differences in class cultures
  • Ceding control to gain control
  • Taking it and living in the moments
  • Working-class realism
  • Epilogue: two good class cultures.

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