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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| Title | Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class |
| Author | Jefferson R. Cowie |
| Publisher | New Press, The, 2010 |
| ISBN | 159558532X, 9781595585325 |
| Length | 488 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century |
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