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America's Working Man: Work, Home and Politics Among Blue-collar Property Owners
Halle
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Description for America's Working Man: Work, Home and Politics Among Blue-collar Property Owners
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 33 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America. Throughout the book, Halle illustrates his analysis with excerpts of workers' views on everything from strikes, class consciousness, politics, job security, and toxic chemicals to marriage, betting on horses, God, home-ownership, drinking, adultery, the Super Bowl, and life after ... Read more
Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America. Throughout the book, Halle illustrates his analysis with excerpts of workers' views on everything from strikes, class consciousness, politics, job security, and toxic chemicals to marriage, betting on horses, God, home-ownership, drinking, adultery, the Super Bowl, and life after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226313665
SKU
V9780226313665
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99-50
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