Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
Series |
Culture, labor, history series |
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Culture, labor, history.
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Contents |
I.A world of difference: constructing the underclass in progressive America, 1890-1920. Writing class in a world of difference -- II. Between the wars, 1920-1941. Vagabondage and efficiency: the 1920s -- Finding facts: the Great Depression, from the bottom up -- III. The declining significance of class, 1941-1961. War and peace, class and culture -- Crossing new lines: from Gentleman's agreement to Black like me -- IV. Conclusion. Finding the line in postmodern America, 1960-2010 |
Summary |
"Since the Gilded Age, social scientists, middle-class reformers, and writers have left the comforts of their offices to 'pass' as steel workers, coal miners, assembly-line laborers, waitresses, hoboes, and other working and poor people in an attempt to gain a fuller and more authentic understanding of the lives of the working class and the poor. In this first, sweeping study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, award-winning historian Mark Pittenger examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward working-class people, they unintentionally helped to develop the contemporary concept of a degraded and 'other' American underclass. While contributing to our understanding of the history of American social thought, Class Unknown offers a new perspective on contemporary debates over how we understand and represent our own society and its class divisions"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Social classes in mass media.
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Investigative reporting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Social classes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Poverty -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Investigative reporting
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Social classes in mass media
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Poverty
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Social classes
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Working class
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012008071 |
ISBN |
9780814724293 |
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0814724299 |
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9780814724309 |
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0814724302 |
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