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

by Daniel J. Walkowitz

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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"

Related Subjects

20th Century Economics Labor & Industrial Relations Minority Studies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences

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