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A Class on Class
I recently graded 32 final projects from my course on working-class literature at the University of Pittsburgh. The assignment had invited students to use whatever forms of writing or other media would allow them to express what they had been … Continue reading
Against Pursuing Excellence
I am not against excellence. I just think it’s over-rated as an aspiration. In fact, I think aspiration itself may be over-rated. When I see excellence — when I’m competent to recognize it (and in many fields, like science and … Continue reading
American History without the Working Class — Again!
As interesting and insightful as American Prospect reviewer Sarah Igo makes it seem, I am not going to read Made in America: A Social History of American Culture and Character by Berkeley sociologist Claude Fischer. According to Igo, Fischer is … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Jack Metzgar, Understanding Class
Tagged American history, middle class, Working class, working-class culture
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Welcome to the Working Class
As the financial industry celebrates its recovery from the Great Recession with huge bonuses, attention has turned increasingly to jobs. But that’s not a new concern: over the past three decades first the working class and then the middle class … Continue reading