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A New Working Class: The Legacies of Public-Sector Employment in the Civil Rights Movement - Politics and Culture in Modern America Jane Berger
A New Working Class: The Legacies of Public-Sector Employment in the Civil Rights Movement - Politics and Culture in Modern America
Jane Berger
A New Working Class traces efforts by Black public-sector workers and their unions to fight for racial and economic justice in Baltimore. Federal policy shifts imperiled their efforts. Officials justified weakening the welfare state and strengthening the carceral state by criminalizing Black residents-including government workers.
336 pages, 10 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 15, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812253450 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 635 g |