Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown (Ilr Press Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801486009 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Amatuer" according to BudAmatuer Bud494 Interesting subject but very poorly written, the author couldnt decide if it was to be scholarly or emotional becoming neither.. 9Amatuer Bud494 Interesting subject but very poorly written, the author couldnt decide if it was to be scholarly or emotional becoming neither.. . Interesting subject but very poorly written, the author couldnt decide if it was to be scholarly or emotional becoming neither.. Nice read about my old neighborhood I grew up in the Youngstown area back in the 50's. My Father worked in the offices of Republic Steel and took an early retirement years before Black Friday. I remember my Grandmother sweeping mill cinders from the front porch every morning when the mills were operating and how the flames from the stacks would light up the night.The book gives a good account of the people and life styles of those that worked in the mill. It is sad that Youngstown never recovered.. A Good Read!!! Bruno's first and hopefully not his last!You don't have to bea steelworker or from Youngstown to enjoy this book. Bruno's Yongstownis recognizable to all no mater where you live.His portait of his hometown captures his family and neighbors who come alive in this interesting new work. Moreover, he has something to say and hesays it well!
Questioning the widely held view that laborers in postwar America have adopted middle-class values, Robert Bruno shows that in this community a blue-collar identity has provided a positive focus for many residents.The son of a Youngstown steelworker, Bruno returned to his hometown seeking to understand the formation of his own working-class consciousness and the place of labor in the larger capitalist society. For retired steelworkers in Youngstown, Ohio, the label "working class" fits comfortably. Written with a deeply personal approach, Steelworker Alley is a richly detailed look at workers which reveals the continuing strength of class relationships in America.. He also demonstrates that to understand class consciousness one must look beyond the workplace, in this instance from Youngstown's front porches to its bowling alleys and voting booths. He describes how, because workers are often neighbors, the workplace takes on a feeling of neighborhood. Drawing on interviews with dozens of former steelworkers and on research in local archives, Bruno explores the culture of the community, including such subjects as relations among co-workers, class antagonism, and attitudes toward authority
Bruno argues that the postwar academic picture of "highly paid" manual laborers contentedly assuming middle-class values does not square with the workers' own perception of their lives. This book combines the immediacy of personal recollection with scholarly analysis to describe a working-class life that "unfolds on the plant floor, in the union hall, and throughout the neighborhood." Recommended for academic libraries with labor or oral history collections.ADuncan Stewart, State Historical Society of Iowa Lib., Iowa City Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Bruno, an assistant professor in the Chicago Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois, blends personal memory, oral history, and archival r
He is the author of Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown and A Fight for the Soul of Public Education: The Story of the Chicago Teachers Strike, both from Cornell,Justified by Work: Identity and the Meaning of Faith in Chicago’s Working-Class Churches, and Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: