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Trade Review

Bridging the Divide is thus more than mere description; it puts forward an alternative way of life for people weary of the meritocracy.

* Labor Studies Journal *

Table of Contents

Introduction: Achieving Mediocrity
Part I: NOSTALGIA FOR THE THIRTY-YEAR CENTURY OF THE COMMON
1. What Was Glorious about the Glorious Thirty?
2. The Rise of Professional Middle-Class Labor
3. Working-Class Agency in Place
4. "At Least We Ought to Be Able To"
Part II: FREE WAGE LABOR AND THE CULTURES OF CLASS
5. There Is a Genuine Working-Class Culture
6. Categorical Differences in Class Cultures
Part III: STRATEGIES AND ASPECTS OF WORKING-CLASS CULTURE
7. Ceding Control to Gain Control
8. Taking It & Living in the Moments
9. Working-Class Realism
Epilogue: Two Good Class Cultures

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9781501760310, 978-1501760310
      ISBN10: 1501760319

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Bridging the Divide is thus more than mere description; it puts forward an alternative way of life for people weary of the meritocracy.

      * Labor Studies Journal *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Achieving Mediocrity
      Part I: NOSTALGIA FOR THE THIRTY-YEAR CENTURY OF THE COMMON
      1. What Was Glorious about the Glorious Thirty?
      2. The Rise of Professional Middle-Class Labor
      3. Working-Class Agency in Place
      4. "At Least We Ought to Be Able To"
      Part II: FREE WAGE LABOR AND THE CULTURES OF CLASS
      5. There Is a Genuine Working-Class Culture
      6. Categorical Differences in Class Cultures
      Part III: STRATEGIES AND ASPECTS OF WORKING-CLASS CULTURE
      7. Ceding Control to Gain Control
      8. Taking It & Living in the Moments
      9. Working-Class Realism
      Epilogue: Two Good Class Cultures

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