Cultures of Solidarity: Consciousness, Action and Contemporary American Workers

by Rick Fantasia

Book Overview

A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing assumptions to task and sheds new light upon this very important issue. In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520067959
• ISBN13: 9780520067950
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"