Introduction: Making sense of their worlds -- PART I: AMERICAN WORKERS: The world in moral order -- Euphemized racism: moral qua racial boundaries -- Assessing "people abuse" and "people below" -- PART II: THE UNITED STATES COMPARED: Workers compared -- Racism compared -- Class boundaries compared -- Conclusion: Toward a new agenda -- Appendix A: Methods and analysis -- Appendix B: The context of the interview: economic insecurity, globalization, and places -- Appendix C: Interviewees
Summary
"Michele Lamont takes us into the world inhabited by working-class men - the world as they understand it. Interviewing black and white working-class men who, because they are not college graduates, have limited access to high-paying jobs and other social benefits, she constructs a revealing portrait of how they see themselves and the rest of society."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-384) and index
