Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working ClassAn epic account of how middle-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s |
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User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusA labor historian traces political and cultural forces that turned the 1970s into a swan song for the American working class.Cowie (History/Cornell Univ.; Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for ... Read full review
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Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class Jefferson Cowie Limited preview - 2010 |
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| Title | Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class |
| Author | Jefferson Cowie |
| Publisher | New Press, The, 2010 |
| ISBN | 159558532X, 9781595585325 |
| Length | 488 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century |
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