America's Working Man: Work, Home, and Politics Among Blue Collar Property Owners - Softcover

Halle, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226313662 ISBN 13: 9780226313665

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America. Throughout the book, Halle illustrates his analysis with excerpts of workers' views on everything from strikes, class consciousness, politics, job security, and toxic chemicals to marriage, betting on horses, God, home-ownership, drinking, adultery, the Super Bowl, and life after death. Halle challenges the stereotypes of the blue-collar mentality and argues that to understand American class consciousness we must shift our focus from the "working class" to be the "working man."

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

David Halle is professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

David Halle is professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226313662
• ISBN 13: 9780226313665
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 378
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar