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Author Vanneman, Reeve, 1945-

Title The American perception of class / Reeve Vanneman, Lynn Weber Cannon.

Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1987.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Rosen  305.5 V335a 1987    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xvii, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Labor and social change
Labor and social change.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-347) and index.
Contents American exceptionalism -- Blaming the victim : psychological reductionism in class theory -- Class divisions and status rankings : the social psychology of American stratification -- Who is working class? -- Class images -- The decline of social class? -- U.S. and British workers : same consciousness, different opportunities -- Docile women? : pin money, homemaking, and class conflict -- Fear and loathing? : ethnic hostility and working-class consciousness -- Militant Blacks? : the persistent significance of class -- The American dream -- Reversing the focus : capitalist strength and working-class consciousness.
Subject Social classes -- United States.
Working class -- United States.
Class consciousness -- United States.
Social conflict -- United States.
Added Author Cannon, Lynn Weber, 1949-
ISBN 0877224366 (alk. paper)
9780877224365 (alk. paper)
0877225931
9780877225935
Standard No. ZBWT00126104

 
    
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