New Working-class Studies
- ISBN-10
- 0801489679
- ISBN-13
- 9780801489679
- Category
- Working class
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Authors
- John Russo, Sherry Lee Linkon
Description
This book brings together historians, economists, geographers, sociologists, and scholars of literature and cultural studies to explore the emerging discipline of working-class studies and identify its key themes and issues.
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