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  • Limbo

    Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams

    par Alfred Lubrano ...
    In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD

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  • The Son Also Rises

    Surnames and the History of Social Mobility

    par Gregory Clark, Neil Cummins, Yu Hao, Daniel Diaz Vidal ...
    Collections series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    A surprising look at how ancestry still determines social outcomesHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD

  • Mrs Woolf and the Servants

    par Alison Light ...
    Loathing, anger, shame – and deep affection: Virginia Woolf’s relationship with her servants was central to her life. Like thousands of her fellow Britons she relied on live-in domestics for the most intimate of daily tasks. Her cook and parlour maid relieved her of the burden of housework and without them she might never have become a writer. But unlike many of her contemporaries Virginia Woolf ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Pinched

    How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It

    par Don Peck ...
    The Great Recession is not done with us yet. While the most acute part of the economic crisis is past, the recession's most significant impact on American life still lies in the future. The personal, social, and cultural changes that result from severe economic shocks build and manifest themselves only slowly. But history shows us that, ultimately, shocks this severe profoundly alter the character ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

    My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

    par Jane Mcalevey, Bob Ostertag ...
    See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed).“ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van JonesIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • An Irish Navvy – The Diary of an Exile

    par Donall MacAmhlaigh ...
    DIrish construction workers in post-war Britain are celebrated in song and story. Donall MacAmhlaigh kept a diary as he worked the sites, danced in the Irish halls, drank in Irish pubs and lived the life of the roving Irish navvy. Work was hard, dirty and dangerous, followed by pints in the Admiral Rodney, the Shamrock, the Cattle Market Tavern and others. Living conditions were basic at best. ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Outlaws of the Atlantic

    Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail

    par Marcus Rediker ...
    This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship.In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the ... En savoir plus

    $24.79 CAD

  • Class and Race Formation in North America

    par James W. Russell ...
    On August 13, 1521, the largest and most developed of North America's societies, the Aztec empire, fell to Spanish invaders who, along with later European colonizers, built new societies in which they occupied the dominant class positions and forced Indians, imported African slaves, and Asians into subordinate positions. As a result of the conquest, race has become an enduring issue in the class ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Natural History of the Rich

    A Field Guide

    par Richard Conniff ...
    A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist.Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal. He observes with great humor this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and ... En savoir plus

    $18.29 CAD

  • Masters of Craft

    Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy

    par Richard E. Ocejo ...
    How educated and culturally savvy young people are transforming traditionally low-status manual labor jobs into elite taste-making occupationsIn today's new economy—in which "good" jobs are typically knowledge or technology based—many well-educated and culturally savvy young men are instead choosing to pursue traditionally low-status manual labor occupations as careers. Masters of Craft looks at ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Hollowing Out the Middle

    The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America

    par Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas ...
    Two sociologists reveal how small towns in Middle America are exporting their most precious resource—young people—and share what can be done to save these dwindling communitiesIn 2001, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas moved to Iowa to understand the rural brain drain and the exodus of young people from America’s countryside. They met and ... En savoir plus

    $25.59 CAD

  • Dispatches Against Displacement

    Field Notes from San Franciscos Housing Wars

    par James Tracy ...
    San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from Silicon Valley. Recent evictions of long-time San Francisco residents, outrageous rents and home prices, and blockaded "Google buses" are only the tip of the iceberg. James Tracy's book focuses on the long arc of displacement over almost two decades of "dot com" boom and bust, offering the necessary perspective to analyze the latest ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus