Steelworker Alley: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht

by Robert Bruno

Book Overview

For retired steelworkers in Youngstown, Ohio, the label "working class" fits comfortably. Questioning the widely held view that laborers in postwar America have adopted middle-class values, Robert Bruno shows that in this community a blue-collar identity has provided a positive focus for many residents.The son of a Youngstown steelworker, Bruno returned to his hometown seeking to understand the formation of his own working-class consciousness and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801486009
• ISBN13: 9780801486005
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher