Keywords:
Investigative reporting-United States-History-20th century
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Poverty-United States-History-20th century
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Social classes in mass media
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Social classes-United States-History-20th century
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Working class-United States-History-20th century
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Investigative reporting ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Poverty ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Social classes in mass media
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Social classes ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Working class ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Since the Gilded Age, social scientists, middle-class reformers, and writers have left the comforts of their offices to "pass" as steel workers, coal miners, assembly-line laborers, waitresses, hoboes, and other working and poor people in an attempt to gain a fuller and more authentic understanding of the lives of the working class and the poor. In this first, sweeping study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, award-winning historian Mark Pittenger examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (288 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780814767405
Series Statement:
Culture, Labor, History Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1014784
DDC:
305.50973
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: CONSTRUCTING THE UNDERCLASS IN PROGRESSIVE AMERICA, 1890-1920; 1. Writing Class in a World of Difference; PART II. BETWEEN THE WARS, 1920-1941; 2. Vagabondage and Efficiency: The 1920s; 3. Finding Facts: The Great Depression, from the Bottom Up; PART III. THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF CLASS, 1941-1961; 4. War and Peace, Class and Culture; 5. Crossing New Lines: From Gentleman's Agreement to Black Like Me; PART IV. CONCLUSION; 6. Finding the Line in Postmodern America, 1960-2010; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H
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IJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
