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Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood
Maria Kefalas
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Description for Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood
Paperback. Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a complex portrait of the working-class community known as Beltway. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mothers, and office workers living in the stable working-class community known as Beltway. Building on the classic Chicago School of urban studies and incorporating new perspectives from cultural geography and sociology, Maria Kefalas considers the significance of home, community, and nation for Beltway residents.
Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mothers, and office workers living in the stable working-class community known as Beltway. Building on the classic Chicago School of urban studies and incorporating new perspectives from cultural geography and sociology, Maria Kefalas considers the significance of home, community, and nation for Beltway residents.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520235434
SKU
V9780520235434
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About Maria Kefalas
Maria Kefalas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University.
Reviews for Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood
Ethnography rarely penetrates this deeply. In this well-written book, Kefalas advances our understanding of the socioeconomic insecurities of ordinary white Americans in a changing urban world and shows how these insecurities influence their worldviews and efforts to provide meaning and order in their daily lives. As defenders of civilization living in an imperiled world, the workers ... Read more