| Description |
xviii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Life outside Work -- 1. The Residential Setting -- 2. Leisure -- 3. Marriage and Family -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- Part 2: Blue-Collar Work and the Automated Factory -- 4. An Automated Plant: Overview -- 5. The Production Worker in an Automated Plant -- 6. Support Workers: Mechanics, Laboratory Technicians, Packagers, Warehouse Workers -- Conclusion to Part 2 -- Part 3: The Limits of Mobility at Work: Solidarity and Dispute -- 7. Occupational Mobility and Security -- 8. Solidarity and Dispute -- Conclusion to Park 3 -- Part 4: Politics and Class Consciousness -- 9. Politics and the Structure of Power: Democracy and Freedom -- 10. Position in the System of Production: The Concept of the Working Man -- 11. Position outside Work: Income Level, Standard of Living, and Residential Situation -- 12. Nationalism and Populism -- Conclusion to Part 4 -- Part 5: A Sociology of the Mediocre: Religion, Ethnicity, and National Rituals -- 13. Religion -- 14. Ethnicity -- 15. National Holidays and Cults -- 16. Conclusion: Class and Politics in America -- Appendix: Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Analysis |
New Jersey Chemical industries Blue-collar pesonnel - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [339]-351 |
| Subject |
Chemical workers -- New Jersey.
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Class consciousness -- United States.
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Social classes -- United States.
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Working class -- United States.
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| LC no. |
84002566 |
| ISBN |
0226313654 |
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