Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society Contributor(s): Metzgar, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501760319 ISBN-13: 9781501760310 Publisher: ILR Press OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity - Business & Economics | Labor |
Dewey: 305.562 |
LCCN: 2021005647 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Bridging the Divide, Jack Metzgar attempts to determine the differences between working-class and middle-class cultures in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of multidisciplinary sources, Metzgar writes as a now middle-class professional with a working-class upbringing, explaining the various ways the two cultures conflict and complement each other, illustrated by his own lived experiences. Set in a historical framework that reflects on how both class cultures developed, adapted, and survived through decades of historical circumstances, Metzgar challenges professional middle-class views of both the working-class and themselves. In the end, he argues for the creation of a cross-class coalition of what he calls standard-issue professionals with both hard-living and settled-living working people and outlines some policies that could help promote such a unification if the two groups had a better understanding of their differences and how to use those differences to their advantage. Bridging the Divide mixes personal stories and theoretical concepts to give us a compelling look inside the current complex position of the working-class in American culture and a view of what it could be in the future. |