Class Unknown Undercover Investigations of American Work and Poverty from the Progressive Era to the Present |
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| Author:
| Pittenger, Mark |
| Series title: | Culture, Labor, History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-6740-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $184.00 |
Book Description:
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A study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, in which an award-winning historian examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward working-class people, they unintentionally helped to develop the contemporary concept of a degraded and other American underclass.
A study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, in which an award-winning historian examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward working-class people, they unintentionally helped to develop the contemporary concept of a degraded and other American underclass.