Mechanics of the Middle Class : Work and Politics Among American Engineers / Robert Zussman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zussman, Robert, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Engineers and the Middle Levels

2. Precision Metals and Contronics

3. What Engineers Do

4. What Engineers Know

5. The Division of Labor

6. Authority and Participation

7. Careers

8. Collective Organization

9. Work, Family, and Community

10. The Politics of Work and Residence

11. A Working Middle Class

Appendix

Notes

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-31482-4

OCLC:

1229161441