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Book SynopsisMary Montgomery examines why Moroccans so often talk about their domestic workers as daughters, what this means for workers and employers, and how this is changing in contemporary Morocco.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPart I: The Social Relations of Domestic Service.1. A City Quarter and the 'Popular' Ideal2. Mothers and Daughters3. A Civilizing Mission: Charity, Reward, and Gratitude4. Serving Neighbors, Serving Strangers: Markets and MarketplacesPart II: Domestic Workers in the Wider World5. Domestic Workers in the City6. Domestic Workers at Home7. Domestic Workers and the LawConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOverthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extends far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.Trade ReviewMould brilliantly captures the importance of prejudices towards welfare and how these social misrepresentations can shape current policies on public assistance. -- Eric Gagnon Poulin * Ethic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSection I: Welfare Legends: An American Tradition Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Welfare System and Narrative Scholarship Chapter 3: Birth in a NationSection II: Insider Views: Aid Recipients' Stories Chapter 4: Origin Stories Chapter 5: Challenge Stories Chapter 6: Making Ends Meet and Achieving Success StoriesSection III: Public Debates: Clash of Cultures Chapter 7: Symbols and Stereotypes Chapter 8: Hard Workers and the Worthy Poor Chapter 9: Welfare Lore in Social MediaSection IV: Re-Envisioning Legends Chapter 10: Context as Creator of Tradition Chapter 11: Truth and Doubt in Contemporary Tradition Chapter 12: Overthrowing the QueenEpilogueAppendixNotesSources Cited

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Book SynopsisOverthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extends far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.Trade ReviewMould brilliantly captures the importance of prejudices towards welfare and how these social misrepresentations can shape current policies on public assistance. -- Eric Gagnon Poulin * Ethic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSection I: Welfare Legends: An American Tradition Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Welfare System and Narrative Scholarship Chapter 3: Birth in a NationSection II: Insider Views: Aid Recipients' Stories Chapter 4: Origin Stories Chapter 5: Challenge Stories Chapter 6: Making Ends Meet and Achieving Success StoriesSection III: Public Debates: Clash of Cultures Chapter 7: Symbols and Stereotypes Chapter 8: Hard Workers and the Worthy Poor Chapter 9: Welfare Lore in Social MediaSection IV: Re-Envisioning Legends Chapter 10: Context as Creator of Tradition Chapter 11: Truth and Doubt in Contemporary Tradition Chapter 12: Overthrowing the QueenEpilogueAppendixNotesSources Cited

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction1. In the Manor House: A New Elite is Born2. The C(adre) Line: Consumer Habits3. Tradition and Innovation: the Hunt for Concordance4. Meetings Between the System and Its People5. Luxury: Public and Semi-Public Spaces6. Stain on the Blue Sofa: Luxury and the EliteAfterwordBibliography

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Working Out Class and Nation in Edinburgh1. History, Heritage, and Politics in the Old TownInterlude 1: On Conservation, Community, and Class2. Depoliticizing Development: Neoliberal Urbanism and CaltongateInterlude 2: A Shop in the Canongate3. Saving the Old Town, One More Time: Ancient Concerns for Neoliberal TimesInterlude 3: Dumbiedykes4. The Politics of HomeInterlude 4: Doocots and Community Land Use in Glasgow5. Scottish Cosmopolitanism: From Neighborhood to NationConclusion: Urban Scotland, Working-Class Politics, and National FuturesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Working Out Class and Nation in Edinburgh1. History, Heritage, and Politics in the Old TownInterlude 1: On Conservation, Community, and Class2. Depoliticizing Development: Neoliberal Urbanism and CaltongateInterlude 2: A Shop in the Canongate3. Saving the Old Town, One More Time: Ancient Concerns for Neoliberal TimesInterlude 3: Dumbiedykes4. The Politics of HomeInterlude 4: Doocots and Community Land Use in Glasgow5. Scottish Cosmopolitanism: From Neighborhood to NationConclusion: Urban Scotland, Working-Class Politics, and National FuturesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe future of our environment lies in the hands of the working class, but what if the future of the working class also lies in environmental political struggles?The unsettling realities of climate change, air and water pollution, and toxic contamination loom larger with every passing day, but the policies that will enable us to respond to these crises continue to be blocked by reactionary actors and ideologies. How do we explain the power and persistence of anti-environmentalism in the United States? In The Smoke and the Spoils, John Hultgren argues that the benefits of continued fossil fuel production flow upward to a tiny fraction of the American populace. But the powerful interests who benefit from such a reality continue to beat back strong environmental laws and regulations by successfully constructing a cross-class coalition that includes a segment of the working class.This political reality is far from new, but the coalition enabling it has shifted over the course of American history. To confront anti-environmentalism, it is thus necessary to grapple with both the deeply entrenched patterns that have reappeared in environmental struggles at different moments in American history and the cracks and fissures that working-class activists and environmental justice movements have periodically pried open to challenge the status quo. Tracing the trajectory of anti-environmentalism from the nineteenth-century frontier to the 1950s suburb, from the shuttered shops of Main Street to the extractive economies of Trump country, Hultgren offers a historically grounded theory of anti-environmentalism that will help us to better understand?and ultimately combat?the institutional, organizational, and ideological forces standing in the way of environmental progress.Placing environmental politics within a broader context of class struggle, this book makes the case that the environmental crises of our time will only be mitigated by a resurgent working class.

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Book SynopsisIn Yountsville: The Rise and Decline of an Indiana Mill Town , Ronald Morris and collaborators examine the history and context of a rural Midwestern town, including family labor, working women, immigrants, and competing visions of the future. Combing perspectives from history, economics, and archeology, this exploration of a pioneering Midwestern company town highlights how interdisciplinary approaches can help recover forgotten communities.The Yount Woolen Mill was founded during the pioneer period by immigrants from Germany who employed workers from the surrounding area and from Great Britain who were seeking to start a life with their families. For three generations the mill prospered until it and its workers were faced with changing global trade and aging technology that could not keep pace with the rest of the world. Deindustrialization compelled some residents to use education to adapt, while others held on to their traditional skills and were forced to relocate.Trade Review“Yountsville: The Rise and Decline of an Indiana Mill Town will make a strong beginning to the Notre Dame regional archaeology line, providing a very rich and densely documented study of a rural Indiana community. The book has interesting primary data that has rarely received scholarly attention, and for the obsessive researcher interested in rural life in general and small-town Indiana in particular there are a lot of fascinating details.”—Paul R. Mullins, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis"Ronald Morris’s study of Yountsville presents the fascinating and complicated interplay of the rapidly changing forces of industrialization and education and how they shaped the life and economy of rural communities. Quite importantly, Morris also builds a strong argument that extant historic places—such as Yount’s Mill—are more than adjunct to the written historical narrative in understanding our past." —Marsh Davis, Indiana Landmarks Center"In the Midwest, many stories exist about German immigrants working in urban areas, but there are few stories of immigrants as capitalists in rural areas. The story of the Yount family is one of an immigrant family who built an industry with talent, labor, and advantage. Unfortunately, deindustrialization, dislocation, adaptation, and reuse were familiar problems in the Midwest." —Midwest Book Review Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Education by Ronald V. Morris 2. The Growth of Industry by Ronald V. Morris and J.B. Bilbrey 3. Production History by Ronald V. Morris 4. The Yount Family by Ronald V. Morris 5. Lives of the Workers by Ronald V. Morris, J.B. Bilbrey, Jessica L. Clark, and Mark D. Groover 6. Landscape Reconstruction at Yount’s Mill by Ronald V. Morris, J.B. Bilbrey, Mark D. Groover, Colin Macleod, and Steven Lacey 7. Conclusions by Ronald V. Morris

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The significant impact of this book is that it has not only sharpened gender sensitivity but also heightened awareness of the immensely complex challenges of diversity management in India as a whole. . . . It will be a reference point for much future research." -- Vineeth Mathoor * South Asia Research *"Gupta adds to overall Dalit and global feminist scholarship a rich and dense analysis of texts and contexts to unpack the 'biopolitics of caste.' It is an engaging example of interdisciplinary work focused on close readings of print and popular culture representations from colonial India, including present-day representations, that construct, contest, revise, and influence narratives of gender and caste." -- Veena Deo * Journal of Asian Studies *"Charu Gupta has made her contribution in the field of historical research at the intersection of gender and caste in India widely acclaimed. . . .This book serves as a timely reminder for gender scholars working on colonial India that gendering is experienced by all bodies, and hence the time has come to question the central subjectivity of women in most works." -- Arpita Chakraborty, Dublin City University, Ireland * Religion and Gender *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Gendering Dalits 1. Dirty “Other” Vamp: (Mis)Representing Dalit Women 2. Paradoxes of Victimhood: Iconographies of Suffering, Sympathy, and Subservience 3. Dalit Viranganas: (En)Gendering the Dalit Reinvention of 1857 4. Feminine, Criminal, or Manly? Imaging Dalit Masculinities 5. Intimate and Embodied Desires: Religious Conversions and Dalit Women 6. Goddesses and Women’s Songs: Negotiating Dalit Popular Religion and Culture 7. Caste, Indentured Women, and the Hindi Public Sphere Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This inter-disciplinary book draws on rare English and Marathi language sources — including novels, poems, and manifestoes — and contributes to debates in the fields of South Asian history, global Marxism, social anthropology, urban studies, labor studies, Dalit studies, and literature." * New Books in South Asia (NBN) *"Highlighting the nexus among caste, class, language, urban space, and the tensions within these categories, as well as how caste and class shaped the urban environment, this remarkable book contributes significantly to social/labor history and urban studies." * Choice *"[A] fascinating study of the politics of urban poor in the rapidly shifting landscape of twentieth-century Bombay city...it offers a glimpse of [the city] as it is lived, reshaped, and appropriated by its Dalit inhabitants, and makes a great contribution to the bourgeoning scholarship on Dalit labor and Bombay city." * The Middle Ground Journal *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This inter-disciplinary book draws on rare English and Marathi language sources — including novels, poems, and manifestoes — and contributes to debates in the fields of South Asian history, global Marxism, social anthropology, urban studies, labor studies, Dalit studies, and literature." * New Books in South Asia (NBN) *"Highlighting the nexus among caste, class, language, urban space, and the tensions within these categories, as well as how caste and class shaped the urban environment, this remarkable book contributes significantly to social/labor history and urban studies." * Choice *"[A] fascinating study of the politics of urban poor in the rapidly shifting landscape of twentieth-century Bombay city...it offers a glimpse of [the city] as it is lived, reshaped, and appropriated by its Dalit inhabitants, and makes a great contribution to the bourgeoning scholarship on Dalit labor and Bombay city." * The Middle Ground Journal *

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Book SynopsisLetter writing was a dominant form of communication for Western-educated elites in colonial Africa, especially in Nigeria. Through textual analysis and broad contextualization, Vaughan reconstructs dominant storylines, including kinship, social mobility, Western education, and elite consolidation in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria.Trade ReviewReading this was a joy. It is precisely the kind of book that will command attention not only among Africanists but in adjunct and cross-fertilizing disciplines and cultural contexts where tensions and contestations around kinship, filiation, and familism—moral and otherwise—persevere, giving modernist claims of isolated individuality a run for their affective money." - Ebenezer Obadare, author of Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria"By synthesizing a vast number of letters, Olufemi Vaughan reconstructs the trajectory of a class of Nigerians who were part of the colonial bureaucracy and sociopolitical system but were conscious of their filial responsibility not to allow the ties that bound them to break. . . . Innovative in its content and easily relatable for anyone interested in the development of modern literacy in Africa." - Toyin Falola, author of A Mouth Sweeter thanSalt: An African MemoirTable of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Adesoji Adelaja Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Brothers’ Letters 2. The Matriarchs’ Letters 3. Ibadan CMS Men: Kinship and Yoruba Civic Public 4. The Gladys Aduke Vaughan Files 5. From Freetown with Love Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the changing fortunes and status of the stately homes of England over the past two centuries. It seeks to merge social, cultural, artistic and political perspectives and reveal much about the relationship of the nation to its past and to its traditional ruling elite.

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Book SynopsisWilliam the Conqueror's victory in 1066 was the beginning of a period of major transformation for medieval English aristocrats. This book examines the fate of the English aristocracy between the reigns of the Conqueror and Edward I.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'This is a wonderful book, and an unusual addition to the gardening shelf. It reveals the democracy of gardening and its being both a craft and an art – a mixture of hard labour and passion. Margaret Willes's book shows how people with no money and little time to themselves produced riches on small plots – little paradises, even. How begging, borrowing (and stealing), they would create wealths of flowers and food, and find joy in doing so. How gardening would become their chosen taskmaster – and their deliverer. Willes's history is a constant statement of how green fingers have transformed lives. The book is a delight.' - Ronald Blythe, author of Akenfield 'An encyclopaedic and enjoyable read, so well written and so informative that it should appeal to anyone interested in history and horticulture.' - Bob Flowerdew, regular panel member of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time 'Garden historians characteristically focus on the gardens of grand houses and their makers. By contrast, this is an intriguing study of an often overlooked area of both horticultural and social history. Through dauntingly energetic research, Margaret Willes has produced a colourful and remarkably detailed account of how a passion for flower and vegetable gardening has enriched the lives of millions.' - Michael Leapman, author of One Man and His Plot‘…in this wonderfully rich study, Margaret Willes reveals the forgotten history of Britain’s working-class horticulturalists’—PD Smith, the Guardian. -- P.D. Smith * The Guardian *

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Book SynopsisPublishers Weekly’s “Top 10” Spring 2024Amazon's Best History Book of the Month for February 2024This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.   In this timely, powerful, investigative history, The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive wealth amassed by Northern corporations throughout America’s history of enslavement. It has long been maintained by many that the North wasn’t complicit in the horrors of slavery. The truth, however, is that large Northern banks—including well-known institutions like Citibank, Bank of New York, and Bank of America&mda

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERA timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics today, from acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan.   Inequality is America’s biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential—or allow it to be squandered—will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants’ union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington’s halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics—if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped  unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement.

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Book SynopsisIn football-obsessed Steubenville, Ohio, on a summer night in 2012, an incapacitated sixteen-year-old girl was repeatedly assaulted by members of the Big Red high school football team. They took turns documenting the crime and sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The victim, Jane Doe, learned the details via social media at a time when teens didn''t yet understand the lasting trail of their digital breadcrumbs. Crime blogger Alexandria Goddard, along with hacker collective Anonymous, exposed the photos, Tweets, and videos, making this the first rape case ever to go viral and catapulting Steubenville onto the national stage.Filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman spent four years embedded in the town, documenting the case and its reverberations. Ten years after the assault, Roll Red Roll is the culmination of that research, weaving in new interviews and personal reflections to take readers beyond Steubenville to examine rape culture in everything from sports to teen dynamics. Roll

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Book SynopsisIt’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player.  That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation. The evidence is all around us: Our industrial base is vanishing, taking with it the kind of jobs that have formed the backbone of our economy for more than a century; our education system is in shambles, making it harder for tomorrow’s workforce to acquire the information and training it needs to land good twenty-first century jobs; our infrastructure—our roads, our bridges, our sewage and water, our transportation and electrical systems—is crumbling; our economic system has been reduced to recurring episodes of Corporations Gone Wild; our political system is broken, in thrall to a small financial elite using the power of the checkboo

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Book SynopsisThis important book “weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative” (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional disparities in America, illuminating exactly how inequality starts on the dinner plate. Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how—and why—we eat the way we do. We get to know four families intimately: the Bakers, a Black family living below the federal poverty line; the Williamses, a working-class white family just above it; the Ortegas, a middle-class Latinx family; and the Cains, an affluent white family. ​ Whether it's worrying about how far pantry provisions can

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Book SynopsisA deeply empathetic (Publishers Weekly, starred review) must-read (Marion Nestle) that weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional disparities in America, illuminating exactly how inequality starts on the dinner plate.Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how-and why-we eat the way we do. We get to know four families intimately: the Bakers, a Black family living below the federal poverty line; the Williamses, a working-class white family just above it; the Ortegas, a middle-class Latinx family; and the Cains, an affluent white family.

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Book SynopsisAn essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation, starting with the places we call home (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live.Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the wealthiest neighborhoods are not immune; while poverty exacerbates these challenges, they exist in zip codes rich and poor, rural and urban, and everything in between.In Fragile Neighborhoods, fragile states expert Seth D. Kaplan offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time. By rev

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Book Synopsis* What does 'social structure' mean?* What are the principal ways in which societies are 'organized' or 'structured'?* How can structural ideas be used in sociological analysis?Despite the importance of the concept of social structure, sociologists have not agreed on how to define it and discussions have been plagued by confusion. In this concise and enlightening text, Jose Lopez and John Scott argue that analysing the conceptual frameworks in which different concepts of social structure are embedded can help to clarify their meanings and reshape debates. They show that competing conceptions of social structure can be seen as capturing significant and different aspects of the reality of social organization. Social Structure is organized around a discussion of 'institutional structure', 'relational structure' and 'embodied structure'. It argues that these conceptions of social structure can be fruitfully combined in order to provide a richer and more powerful overview, iTable of ContentsPreface and acknowledgementsWhat is social structure?Conceptualizing social structureInstitutional structureRelational structureLevels of structureEmbodied structureBibliographyIndex.

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Book SynopsisFor nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nation. Tracing the history of this remarkable supremacy, ARISTOCRATS is a story of wars, intrigue, chicanery and extremes of both selflessness and greed. James also illuminates how the aristocracy''s infatuation with classical art has forged our heritage, how its love of sport has shaped our pastimes and values - and how its scandals have entertained the public. Impeccably researched, balanced and brilliantly entertaining, ARISTOCRATS is an enthralling history of power, influence and an extraordinary knack for survival.Trade Review** 'An accessible history of the last 900 years through the perspective of the aristocracy . . . Well-written . . . Admire the range, drive and verve of James's study * BBC History Magazine *** 'Entertaining * Daily Telegraph *** 'A thousand years of privilege is not easily maintained . . . Lawrence James shows exactly how the process has worked in Britain * The Times *** 'James's sprightly study is rich in anecdote and detail * Scotsman *

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Book SynopsisThis unique textbook explores the complex topic of social class, explaining the many psychological nuances of class and classism in people's lives as subjective and phenomenological experiences.Social class can be a deeply personal, complicated topic that is often frustrating and uncomfortable to discuss, and as such has often been a blind spot in teaching and academic literature. For the first time, Noonan and Liu look to address this in one comprehensive text, using a combination of first-person narratives, academic approaches to class, and psychology's contributions to the subject. Across seven chapters, the book introduces a highly accessible theoretical model of the psychology of social class, Liu's own Social Class Worldview Model. Using vivid autobiographical texts to bring the theoretical model to life, the authors show how our worldviews develop through interactions with our social class and economic environment and provide a unique array of methods and skill Trade Review"If you’ve ever thought that the topic of social class sounded abstract or dry – or that it was barely relevant to the education of psychologists – this is the text for you. Anne Noonan and William Ming Liu have created a psychological perspective on social class that is comprehensive, scholarly, and politically-literate, but also accessible, spirited, personal, and contemporary. Students and other readers will find engaging essays and exercises throughout the book that invite them into the exploration as they see its connections to other social justice issues and to their development as psychologists and counselors. Highly recommended."Laura Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA"Reading this wonderful book feels like you are in a conversation with the authors in their living rooms. This book is infused with warmth, intellectual rigor, fascinating narratives, and a call for readers to fully engage in the complex world of social class. The book will inspire many students who will resonate with the content and also will find their life stories represented in the narratives and text. In addition, the authors provided a very insightful perspective on the intersectionality of social identities, creating conceptual connections that are innovative and transformative. I strongly recommend this book for students, instructors, scholars, and interested readers who would like to engage with authors who share themselves and their fascinating ideas with compassion and creativity."David L. Blustein, Boston College, USA'If you’ve ever thought that the topic of social class sounded abstract or dry – or that it was barely relevant to the education of psychologists – this is the text for you. Anne Noonan and William Ming Liu have created a psychological perspective on social class that is comprehensive, scholarly, and politically-literate, but also accessible, spirited, personal, and contemporary. Students and other readers will find engaging essays and exercises throughout the book that invite them into the exploration as they see its connections to other social justice issues and to their development as psychologists and counselors. Highly recommended.'Laura Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA'Reading this wonderful book feels like you are in a conversation with the authors in their living rooms. This book is infused with warmth, intellectual rigor, fascinating narratives, and a call for readers to fully engage in the complex world of social class. The book will inspire many students who will resonate with the content and also will find their life stories represented in the narratives and text. In addition, the authors provided a very insightful perspective on the intersectionality of social identities, creating conceptual connections that are innovative and transformative. I strongly recommend this book for students, instructors, scholars, and interested readers who would like to engage with authors who share themselves and their fascinating ideas with compassion and creativity.'David L. Blustein, Boston College, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Power of Story Social Class: It’s Complicated What Does a Psychology of Social Class Look Like?: Internalizing the Structural Accompanying Essay: The Breadwinner, William Ming Liu Economic Cultures, Capital Demands and Social Class: Component 1 of the SCWM-R Accompanying Essays: A Good School, J.D. Scrimgeour; Ghetto Fabulous, Tina Fakhrid-Deen Development of the Social Class Worldview (Lessons, Levels, and Lenses): Component 2 of the SCWM-R Accompanying Essays: Thanks, But No Thanks, Courtney Eldridge; Stink Tree, Anne E. Noonan Classism Means More Than You Might Think: Component 3 of the SCWM-R Accompanying Essays: The Poet and the Pauper, Meliza Bañales; Winter Coat, Terri Griffith Social Class, Race and Intersectionality: A Final Look Before We Go Appendix A

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Book SynopsisThe concept of everyday struggles can enliven our understanding of the lives of young people and how social class is made and remade. This book invokes a Bourdieusian spirit to think about the ways young people are pushed and pulled by the normative demands directed at them from an early age, whilst they reflexively understand that allegedly available incentives for making the right' choices and working hard financial and familial security, social status and job satisfaction are a declining prospect. In Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles, the figures of those classed as ''hipsters'' and ''bogans'' are used to analyse how representation works to form a symbolic and moral economy that produces and polices fuzzy class boundaries. Further to this, the practices of young people around DIY cultures are analysed to illustrate struggles to create a satisfying and meaningful existence while negotiating between study, work and creative passions. By thinkiTrade Review‘Struggle’ is one of those over-used words we use to evoke a political ‘feel’ to analysis. In Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles, however, Steven Threadgold takes the idea of struggle seriously, and develops a multi-layered understanding of struggle to provide an exciting and insightful analysis of the challenges young people negotiate in everyday life. Drawing together a thoughtful reading of Bourdieu through theories of affect, risk and reflexivity, Threadgold shows that struggle is fundamental to the constitution of young people’s classed and gendered existence in a world shaped by precarity. Through an examination of hipsters, 'bogans' and DIY music, the book argues not only that there are modalities and temporalities to struggle, but that struggle is creative and mundane, agentic and oppressive. It offers an original and thought-provoking contribution to the field of youth studies.Greg Noble, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, AustraliaA smart, sensitive and sophisticated analysis of how youth figures in the ways class is produced and contested in conditions of precarity. Centring the concept of struggle, Threadgold incisively addresses the cultural politics and quotidian material realities of new and old class relations through careful attention to the everyday lives of young people. This book is an important contribution to the theorisation of social class today, and a shining example of truly generative scholarship at the intersection of youth transitions and youth cultures research.​Anita Harris, Research Professor, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University, AustraliaThis is an excellent book that pushes the boundaries of theorising in youth studies to another level. By using the notion of ‘struggle’ and other Bourdieusian concepts, Steve Threadgold is able to create a more nuanced understanding of the contemporary forms of class social reproduction and youth reflexivity. As such this book is a must read for all students and scholars interested in the youth question.Alan France, Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, New ZealandYouth, Class and Everyday Struggles is a masterfully researched and compellingly written book. Casting an expert eye over an increasingly diverse field, Threadgold has produced a much needed synthesis of key ideas relating to youth cultures and youth transitions that will be of seminal value to both experienced youth researchers and students in search of a critical introduction to youth studies. Andy Bennett, Professor, School of Humanities, Griffith University, AustraliaTable of ContentsPart 1: Youth studies and theoretical foundationsA mix tape for Part 11. Youth, class and everyday strugglesIntroductionYouthClassBourdieu’s ‘struggles’Chapter outline2. Sociological practice: Towards a Bourdieusian understandingIntroduction: Bourdieu’s thinking toolsBourdieu’s conception of class Struggle, illusio and social gravitySocial games and strategy Habitus and fieldCapitalsTrajectoryDoxa and misrecognitionSymbolic violenceCultural arbitraryDistinctionConclusion 3. Bourdieusian prospects and theory in youth studiesIntroductionReflexivity and inequalityThe symbolic, the moral and ‘value’Affect and emotionConclusion Part 2: Classification struggles in the field of representationA mix tape for Part 24. Hipsters and bogans: Distinctive figures of classed anxietiesIntroductionHipsters and bogans in the newsSlippery categoriesWhat is a bogan? What is a hipster?Hipsters and bogans as ‘figures’Classification struggles in the field of representationConclusion5. Hipsters and bogans in the news media and comedy: Two case studiesIntroductionCase study 1Case study 2The affective economy of hipsters and bogansConclusion: Global hipsters and local bogansPart 3: DIY cultures: Struggles about creativity, identity and meaningful workA mix tape for Part 36. A DIY scene: Cultural struggles and meaning makingIntroduction‘DIY’: From punk to sociology to co-optation and beyondEveryday struggles in a DIY music scene in AustraliaConclusion7. A DIY career? Labour and creativity strugglesIntroductionClass, labour and creativityDIY cultures to DIY careersSubcultural capital and illusioChoice, struggle and making do: Strategic poverty?Conclusion8. Coda: Hipsters, bogans and class in the DIY scene 9. Conclusion IntroductionModalities of everyday struggleBourdieu, affect and reflexivityYouth, modalities of struggle and the ‘future’

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Book SynopsisMuseums and the Working Class is the first book to take an intersectional and international approach to the issues of economic diversity and class within the field of museum studies. Bringing together 16 contributors from eight countries, this book has emerged from the significant global dialogue concerning museums' obligation to be inclusive, participate in meaningful engagement and advocate for social change. As part of the push for museums to be more accessible and inclusive, museums have been challenged to critically examine their power relationships and how these are played out in what they collect, whose stories they exhibit and who is made to feel welcome in their halls. This volume will further this professional and academic debate through the discussion of class. Contributions to the book will also reinforce the importance of the working class  not only in collection and exhibition policy, but also for the organisational psychology of institutionTable of ContentsIntroduction - ‘Which Side Are You On'? Towards Meaningful Attention to Class in MuseumsAdele ChynowethPart I - Shut Out: Access and the Working Class 1. ‘A Permanent Civilising Effect’? The Impact of Reforming Working-Class Museum Visitors in Liverpool during the Nineteenth CenturyAlexander Scott 2. How British Museums Have Failed the Working ClassDavid Fleming 3. Seat of the Muses or the Moolah? New Working Class Demands on Elitist Archival PracticesSilvio Tamaso D’Onofrio Part II - Shut Up: the Struggle to End the Silence4. ‘One and All’? Retrieving South Australia’s Forgotten Labor History Philip Payton 5. ‘Go and Take a Look at Millie Now’: Murder, Tattooed Remains, and Museum Ethics in QuebecJamie Jelinksi 6. Museums in Late Populist Democracies: the Photographic Archive and the Working Class Paolo Magagnoli 7. Women´s Work in Coastal Galicia: Shining a Light on the Unseen at the Marea MuseumJosé Manuel Vázquez Lijó Part III - Know Your Place: Site-Specific Narratives8. Erasure of Working-Class Heritage in Conservation Plans: Absent Presence in the Walled City of LahoreRabia Nadir 9. Eugene V. Debs' Museum and the Preservation of Radical Working-Class Political Memory Wesley R. Bishop 10. Keeping Your Head Down at the Hyde Park Barracks MuseumAdele Chynoweth 11. From Factory to Museum: The Obliteration of the History of Resistance Meral Akbaş and Özge Kelekçi Part IV- Answering Back: Lessons from the Working and Poverty Classes12. Looking Backwards, Planning Forward: ‘Museum as Muck’ Advocating for the Working Class in Museums Michelle McGrath, in conversation with Adele Chynoweth 13. Changing Lives at the Scottish Maritime MuseumMartin Hughes 14. House of Memories: Care and Equality in the UK Museum SectorKerry Wilson 15. Ngintaka Songline Tracks in the MuseumDiana James

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Book SynopsisHome Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA. By exploring home education in the global and local context of traditional schooling, the book bridges a much-needed gap in educational and social scientific research. The authors explore home education from two related perspectives: firstly how and why home education is accessed by different social groups; and secondly, how these groups are perceived as home educators. The book draws upon empirical case study research with those who use home education to address issues of inequality, difference and inclusion, before offering suggestions for viable policy shifts in this area, as well as broadening understandings of risk and marginality. It engages and initiates debates about alternatives to the standard schooling model within a critical sociologicaTrade Review"This original text brings together for the first time discussion of how different identity categories are articulated in experiences of home education. Based upon detailed research with families who home educate their children, its focus upon risk is conceptually innovative and illuminates striking differences in the motivations and experiences of diverse home-educating families. The book’s findings – particularly in terms of race, religion and special educational needs – provide a much-needed stimulus for academic and policy debate about educational provision, social justice, and children’s rights."Professor Peter Kraftl, University of Birmingham, UK"Over the years, there has been very little on the subject of home education, especially in the UK. ‘Home Schooling and Home Education’ therefore provides an essential contribution to the field. Moreover, home education is a very sensitive subject and many have avoided addressing the topic. For this reason, this book is particularly helpful as it brings to the forefront and addresses the risks in relation to home educated children. The reader is provided with a comprehensive overview of the different issues at play across the global and local context of traditional schooling. A compelling and fascinating read."Dr. Kate D’Arcy, University of Bedfordshire."Its innovative focus is on concepts of risk, both from the point of view of society as a whole and from the subjects in the detailed case studies. By examining home education from the point of view of risk, this book is successful in giving a voice to home educators choosing the approach specifically to manage risks within their children’s lives."Wendy Charles-Warner. PEN Journal "The purpose of this study is neither to promote nor criticize home education, but rather to explore the experiences of very different types of home education families, with a particular focus on their reasons for home education. The book draws on 33 case studies from home educating failies in England."— Family Education Trust BulletinTable of Contents1 Introduction2 Global Perspectives of Home Education3 Situating Home education in global education economies4 Middle class families: ‘our children do better at home’5 Gypsies and Travellers: ‘we have always educated our children at home’6 Religion: ‘we want our children to learn specific values’7 Special educational needs and disability: ‘most schools don’t want and have never wanted our children’8 Race and ethnicity: local, global or cosmopolitan identities?9 Conclusions: home education, risk and belonging

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Book SynopsisNoted for their haunting melodies and enigmatic lyrics, Bauls have been portrayed as spiritually enlightened troubadours traveling around the countryside in West Bengal in India and in Bangladesh.As emblems of Bengali culture, Bauls have long been a subject of scholarly debates which center on their esoteric practices, and middle class imaginaries of the category Baul. Adding to this literature, the intimate ethnography presented in this book recounts the life stories of members from a single family, shining light on their past and present tribulations bound up with being poor and of a lowly caste. It shows that taking up the Baul path is a means of softening the stigma of their lower caste identity in that religious practice, where women play a key role, renders the body pure. The path is also a source of monetary income in that begging is considered part of their vocation. For women, the Baul path has the added implication of lessening constraints of gender. While thTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Caste is still Important 2. Gardens of Delight: Food and Yogic Sex 3. Initiation and Begging for Alms 4. Festivals and Programs 5. Death in a Family Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change. With attention to her focus on the key social structures and societal issues of her day the economy, education, the condition of women and the evils of slavery the authors highlight her creation and application of what we now recognise as sociological methodology, fieldwork and analysis. Through an examination in each chapter of the writings that best illustrate Martineau's sociological perspective, Reintroducing Harriet Martineau discusses her enduring contribution to sociology. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in the history of the discipline and questions of methodology.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing Harriet MartineauChapter 2: Sociological Analysis and MethodologyChapter 3: The Condition of WomenChapter 4: Educational PerspectivesChapter 5: Fighting SlaveryChapter 6: Health Care and HospitalsChapter 7: Environmentalism and ExperimentationChapter 8: Journey to SecularismChapter 9: Experience of Disability to Sociology of DisabilityChapter 10: Harriet Martineau’s Sociological LegacyBibliography: selected works of Harriet MartineauBibliography: secondary sources

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This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change. With attention to her focus on the key social structures and societal issues of her day the economy, education, the condition of women and the evils of slavery the authors highlight her creation and application of what we now recognise as sociological methodology, fieldwork and analysis. Through an examination in each chapter of the writings that best illustrate Martineau's sociological perspective, Reintroducing Harriet Martineau discusses her enduring contribution to sociology. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in the history of the discipline and questions of methodology.

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides.Democracy seems to be teetering on the edge, and renowned author George Packer shines a spotlight on the fractures that led to today''s prevalent feeling of American despair. Last Best Hope is a sharply observed exploration of the narratives that have shaped America: the individualistic Free America, the elitist Smart America, the nationalistic Real America, and Just America, fraught with inter-group oppression.With the turbulence of 2020 as the backdrop, from the devastating pandemic to economic crises and contentious elections, the book presents an insightful dissection of America''s social ethos. Each narrative is explored under his discerning lens, making a case for how they have collectively failed to sustain the country''s democracy.To point a more hopeful

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Book SynopsisExtraordinarily creative . . . an important and engrossing contribution to a complex and elusive subject.-Newsweek

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Book Synopsis"This is cultural history of the first order, and it is liberal and humane history at its very best."—David CannadineTrade Review"Through Gay's eyes we can get a warmer, more vivid and more accurate sense of the 'bourgeois experience' than has ever been available before." Sunday Telegraph "Schnitzler's Century is really a love story. [Gay's] latest book allows him to show off in a field he has made his own. [He] takes his chance elegantly and always interestingly." Andrew Lycett, Literary Review "Gay's own psychoanalytical approach is shown to brilliant and convincing effect... Schnitzler's Century [is] told with wisdom, wit and sensitivity." Financial Times

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The book shows how class has not disappeared, but is known and spoken in a myriad of different ways, always working through other categorizations of nation, race, gender and sexuality.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays considers some of the conceptual and philosophical contentions that Nancy Fraser’s work has provoked, presenting some compelling examples of its analytical power in a range of contexts.Trade ReviewLovell’s edited essays offer valuable reflections on an area of commonground shared by sociology and moral philosophy: the Redistribution orRecognition debate. Bridget Fowler is a Professor Emerita of Sociology in the University ofGlasgowTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Re-Faming Justice in a Globalizing World 3. Justice and the Public Sphere: The Dynamics of Nancy Fraser’s Critical Theory 4. Sexuality, Subjectivity and … Economics? 5. Nancy Fraser’s Theory of Justice: A ‘Sociologically Rich’ Model for a Global Capitalist Era? 6. Class, Moral Worth and Recognition 7. Feminist Critiques of Bourdieu: The Case of Social Capital 8. NQOC: Social Identity and Representation in British Politics 9. (Mis)-Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: A Critical Social Policy Perspective 10. Needs, Rights and Transformations: The Adjudication of Social Rights in South Africa

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Book SynopsisHailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, Indiaâs middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles through a number of case studies, ranging from a historical account detailing the making of a savvy middle-class consumer in the late colonial period, to saving clubs among women in Delhiâs upmarket colonies and the dilemmas of entrepreneurial families in Tamil Naduâs industrial towns.The book pays tribute to the diversity of regional, caste, rural and urban origins that shape middle- class lifestyles in contemporary India and highlights common themes, such as the quest for upward mobility, common consumption practices, the importance of family values, gender relations and educational trajectories. It unpacks the notion that the Indian middle-class can be understood in terms of public performanceTable of Contents1. Introduction Henrike Donner 2. Masculinity, advertising and the reproduction of the middle-class family in Western India, 1918-1940 Douglas E. Haynes 3. Gendered bodies, domestic work and perfect families: new regimes of gender and food in Bengali middle-class lifestyles Henrike Donner 4. ‘Keeping it in the family’: Work, education and gender hierarchies among Tiruppur’s industrial capitalists Geert De Neve 5. Cultural contractions and intergenerational relations: the construction of selfhood among middle class youth in Baroda Margit van Wessel 6. Globalisation, neoliberalism, and middle-class cultural politics in Kolkata Timothy J. Scrase and Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase 7. The social transformation of the medical profession in urban Kerala: doctors, social mobility and the middle classes Caroline Wilson 8. Kitty-parties and middle-class femininity in New Delhi Anne Waldrop 9. Zara hatke (‘Somewhat different’): the new middle classes and the changing forms of Hindi cinema Rachel Dwyer

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