Class unknown undercover investigations of American work and poverty from the progressive era to the present
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 unde...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2012.
New York, NY : [2012] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Culture, labor, history.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817330306719 |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814724293 |
| Access: | Open access |
