White working class : overcoming class cluelessness in America /

Williams, Joan, 1952-

White working class : overcoming class cluelessness in America / Joan C. Williams. - Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

"With a new foreword by Mark Cuban; with a new preface by the author"--Cover.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why talk about class? -- Who is the working class? -- Why does the working class resent the poor? -- Why does the working class resent professionals but admire the rich? -- Why doesn't the working class just move to where the jobs are? -- Why doesn't the working class get with it and go to college? -- Why don't they push their kids harder to succeed? -- Is the working class just racist? -- Is the working class just sexist? -- Don't they understand that manufacturing jobs aren't coming back? -- Why don't working-class men just take "pink-collar" jobs? -- Why don't the people who benefit most from government help seem to appreciate it? -- Can liberals embrace the white working class without abandoning important values and allies? -- Why are Democrats worse at connecting with the white working class than Republicans?



9781633698222


Working class white people--United States.
Populism--United States.
Middle class--United States.
Nationalism--United States.
Middle class white people--United States.
Class consciousness--United States.


Electronic Books.

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