Studs Turkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Turkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but a…
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Studs Turkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Turkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but a…
A collection of interviews with working people in a wide variety of occupations.
"Presents American workers discussing their jobs as they have experienced them between 1980 and today to illustrate the challenges of changed work in the labor market. The final chapter offers potential policy solutions"-- "What have jobs really been like for the past 40 years …
"Presents American workers discussing their jobs as they have experienced them between 1980 and today to illustrate the challenges of changed work in the labor market. The final chapter offers potential policy solutions"-- "What have jobs really been like for the past 40 years …
'We're Still Here' provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics. Drawing on years of fieldwork and over 100 interviews with Black, white, and Latino working-class residents of a declining coal town in Pennsylvania, Jennifer M. …
The economy has been brutal to American workers for decades. The chance to give one's children a better life - the promise at the heart of the American Dream - is withering away. And yet, the groups who stand to gain the most from mobilizing politically appear the least motivate…
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three st…
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three st…
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three st…
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three st…