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Working Class : : Challenging Myths About Blue-Collar Labor / / Jeff Torlina.

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Jeff Torlina challenges the conventional wisdom about the attitudes of blue-collar men toward their work. Torlina highlights the voices of pipe fitters, welders, carpenters, painters, locomotive assemblers, and factory workers to reveal the complexities—and advantages—of working-class life. This boo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Torlina, Jeff,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2011
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 The Meaning of Work
  • 2 The Promise of Blue-Collar Labor
  • 3 How We Came to Devalue Blue-Collar Work
  • 4 Blue-Collar Views on the White-Collar World
  • 5 Conceptions of Class Hierarchy
  • 6 Occupational Prestige
  • 7 Making Sense of Working-Class Attitudes
  • 8 False Dichotomies: The Importance of Experiential Knowledge
  • 9 Reclaiming the Value of Labor
  • 10 Recasting the Image of Blue-Collar Work
  • 11 Conclusions and Implications
  • Appendix: Methodology and Data
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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