Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working

Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class

A wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, Stayinâ‚¬ Alive is prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowieâ‚¬s remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s. In this edgy and incisive bookâ‚¬"part political intrigue, part labor history, with large doses of American music, film and television loreâ‚¬"Cowie, with â€œan ear for the power and poetry of vernacular speechâ‚¬Â (Cleveland Plain Dealer), reveals Americaâ‚¬s fascinating path from rising incomes and optimism of the New Deal to the widening economic inequalities and dampened expectations of the present.

Winner of the 2011 Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for the Best Book on American History

Winner of the 2011 Merle Curti Prize from the Organization of American Historians for the Best Book in American Social History

Winner of the 2011 Labor History Best Book Prize

Winner of the 2011 Best Book Award from the United Association for Labor Education

Country USA
Brand New Press
Manufacturer The New Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2012-01-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781595587077

Country	USA
Brand	New Press
Manufacturer	The New Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2012-01-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781595587077

Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class

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