Working with Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity

by Daniel J. Walkowitz

Book Overview

Polls tell us that most Americans--whether they earn $20,000 or $200,000 a year--think of themselves as middle class. As this phenomenon suggests, "middle class" is a category whose definition is not necessarily self-evident. In this book, historian Daniel Walkowitz approaches the question of what it means to be middle class from an innovative angle. Focusing on the history of social workers--who daily patrol the boundaries of class--he examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807847585
• ISBN13: 9780807847589
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"