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Sleeping Giant The Untapped Economic and Political Power of America's New Working Class

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ISBN-10: 110187306X

ISBN-13: 9781101873069

Edition: 2016

Authors: Tamara Draut

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"It's not your father's working class anymore. It's more female, more diverse racially, and it doesn't wear Carhartt's and a hard hat anymore. Sleeping Giant is the first major examination of this dynamic and increasingly activist class and the role it will play in our political and economic future. What does "working class" mean in today's America? Today's workers don't just man the assembly lines. They watch our children and aging parents, park our cars, screen our luggage, clean our offices and hotel rooms, cook our take-out meals and stock our store shelves. And they are blacker, browner, and more female than the old working class. They are not as organized, in terms of their unions and…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/17/2018
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English