Bridging the divide : working-class culture in a middle-class society / Jack Metzgar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metzgar, Jack, author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Social aspects--United States.

Working class.

Class consciousness--United States.

Class consciousness.

Working class--United States--Social conditions.

Middle class--Social aspects--United States.

Middle class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

In 'Bridging the Divide', Jack Metzgar attempts to determine the differences between working-class and middle-class cultures in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of multidisciplinary sources, Metzgar writes as a now middle-class professional with a working-class upbringing, explaining the various ways the two cultures conflict and complement each other, illustrated by his own lived experiences.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Ithaca: ILR Press, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781501760327

1501760327

OCLC:

1236899545