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Civic Labors: Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies
Dennis A. Deslippe
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Description for Civic Labors: Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies
Paperback. Editor(s): Deslippe, Dennis A.; Fure-Slocum, Eric; McKerley, John W. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSC; KCF; KNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and activism. The essays in this collection examine the challenges and opportunities for engaged scholarship in the United States and abroad. A diverse roster of contributors discuss how participation in current labor and social struggles guides their campus and community organizing, public history initiatives, teaching, mentoring, and other activities. They also explore the role of research and scholarship in social change, while acknowledging that intellectual labor complements but never replaces collective action and movement building. Contributors: Kristen Anderson, Daniel E. Atkinson, James R. Barrett, Susan Roth ... Read more
Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long worked at the crossroads of academia and activism. The essays in this collection examine the challenges and opportunities for engaged scholarship in the United States and abroad. A diverse roster of contributors discuss how participation in current labor and social struggles guides their campus and community organizing, public history initiatives, teaching, mentoring, and other activities. They also explore the role of research and scholarship in social change, while acknowledging that intellectual labor complements but never replaces collective action and movement building. Contributors: Kristen Anderson, Daniel E. Atkinson, James R. Barrett, Susan Roth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Working Class in American History
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081965
SKU
V9780252081965
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About Dennis A. Deslippe
Dennis Deslippe is an associate professor of American studies and women's and gender studies at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author of ""Rights, not Roses"": Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-1980. Eric Fure-Slocum is an associate professor of history at St. Olaf College and the author of Contesting the Postwar City: Working-Class and Growth Politics in ... Read more
Reviews for Civic Labors: Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies
"At once an introduction to the long tradition of engaged scholarship among labor historians and a guide to the richly varied ways many have found to make a difference today, Civic Labors is a perfectly timed treasure trove of inspiration."
Nancy MacLean, author of Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace "These essays provide illuminating insights into what ... Read more
Nancy MacLean, author of Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace "These essays provide illuminating insights into what ... Read more