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Award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano takes an incisive look at the estimated 65 million Americans who straddle the line between the middle-class communities in which they grew up and the upper-class corporate world they inhabit from nine to five.

Table of Contents
Introduction.

1. Bricklayer’s Son: The Birth and Clash of Values.

2. Crawling Out of the Black Hole: The Pain of Transition.

3. The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts.

4. Culture Conflicts: First Encounters with the Upper Classes.

5. Going Home: An Identity Changed Forever.

6. Office Politics: The Blue-Collar Way.

7. Class, Love and Progeny: The Ultimate Battle.

8. Duality: The Never-Ending Struggle with Identity.

Conclusion.

Endnotes.

Source Notes.

Acknowledgments.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/03/2005
      ISBN13: 9780471714392, 978-0471714392
      ISBN10: 0471714399
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano takes an incisive look at the estimated 65 million Americans who straddle the line between the middle-class communities in which they grew up and the upper-class corporate world they inhabit from nine to five.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      1. Bricklayer’s Son: The Birth and Clash of Values.

      2. Crawling Out of the Black Hole: The Pain of Transition.

      3. The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts.

      4. Culture Conflicts: First Encounters with the Upper Classes.

      5. Going Home: An Identity Changed Forever.

      6. Office Politics: The Blue-Collar Way.

      7. Class, Love and Progeny: The Ultimate Battle.

      8. Duality: The Never-Ending Struggle with Identity.

      Conclusion.

      Endnotes.

      Source Notes.

      Acknowledgments.

      Index.

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