Working class
Subtitle: challenging myths about blue-collar labor
By: Jeff Torlina
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781588267566
Subjects: Working class; Blue collar workers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The meaning of work; title: The promise of blue-collar labor; title: How we came to devalue blue-collar work; title: Blue-collar views on the white-collar world; title: Conceptions of the class hierarchy; title: Occupational prestige; title: Making sense of working class attitudes; title: False dichotomies; title: Reclaiming the value of labor; title: Recasting the image of blue-collar work; title: Conclusions and implications.