A01=David Halle
adultery
Author_David Halle
automated chemical plant
blue-collar life
business
capitalism
Category=JBSA
Category=JHBL
class consciousness
construction
drinking
economy
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ethnic studies
factory workers
family
fishing trips
football
gambling
god
income
industry
job security
leisure time
marriage
nationalism
new jersey
physical labor
political opinions
politics
populism
religion
religious views
social sciences
sociology
standard of living
stereotypes
strikes
union meetings
united states culture
wages
warehouse
working man
Product details
- ISBN 9780226313665
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 17 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 1987
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has emerged with an unusually comprehensive and convincingly realistic picture of blue-collar life in America. Throughout the book, Halle illustrates his analysis with excerpts of workers' views on everything from strikes, class consciousness, politics, job security, and toxic chemicals to marriage, betting on horses, God, home-ownership, drinking, adultery, the Super Bowl, and life after death. Halle challenges the stereotypes of the blue-collar mentality and argues that to understand American class consciousness we must shift our focus from the "working class" to be the "working man."
