Jack Metzgar, "Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society" (ILR Press, 2021)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Role of Unions in the Formation of Working Class Culture
I made a really dedicated effort to not talk about the union working class, because it's a minority and even back in the glory days of unions in the 50s, 60s and into the 70s. I wanted to talk about working class culture that wasn't union culture. And for the most part, I think I'm talking, you know, before there were unions after the reunions Because some of this goes back to kind of peasant survival culture from Europe and from Africa. John: The glorious 30 was created by the American labor mode. There's no doubt in my mind or most as story.
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