Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America

by Tamara Draut

Book Overview

There was a time when America's working class was seen as the backbone of the American economy, having considerable political, economic, and moral authority. But the working class we have now--far more female and racially diverse and employed by the fast food, retail, health care, and other service industries--has been marginalized, if not ignored, by politicians and pundits. This is changing, swiftly and dramatically. Today's working class is a sleeping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385539770
• ISBN13: 9780385539777
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"