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Author:
Pittenger, Mark.
Title:
Class unknown : undercover investigations of American work and poverty from the progressive era to the present / Mark Pittenger.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
x, 277 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Social classes in mass media.
Investigative reporting--United States--History--20th century.
Social classes--United States--History--20th century.
Working class--United States--History--20th century.
Poverty--United States--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
I. A world of difference: constructing the underclass in progressive America, 1890-1920 -- Writing class in a world of difference -- II. Between the wars, 1920-1941 -- Vagabondage and efficiency: the 1920s -- Finding facts: the Great Depression, from the bottom up -- III. The declining significance of class, 1941-1961 -- War and peace, class and culture -- Crossing new lines: from Gentleman's agreement to Black like me -- Conclusion -- Finding the line in postmodern America, 1960-2010.
Series:
Culture, labor, history series.
ISBN:
0814724302 (ebook)
9780814724309 (ebook)
0814724299 (ebook)
9780814724293 (ebook)
0814767419 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814767412 (pb : alk. paper)
0814767400 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814767405 (cl : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)756592630
LCCN:
2012008071
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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