American Exceptionalism?

US Working-Class Formation in an International Context

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Av Rick Halpern, Jonathan Morris, Father Jonathan Morris

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The idea that American historical development is different from that of other nations is an old one, yet it shows no sign of losing its emotive power. Comparing American historical development with Italian, South African, and Australian examples, the essays reinvigorate a tired debate.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-01-01
Mått140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor325
Upplaga1997
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349255863

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Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - The Persistence of Exceptionalism: Class Formation and the Comparative Method; R.Halpern & J.Morris - EXCEPTIONALISM REVISITED - The Paradoxes of American Exceptionalism; M.Zuckerman - American Exceptionalism Revisited; I.Katznelson - Why No Labour Party? Class and Race in the United States and Australia; R.Archer - THE POLITICS OF POPULAR LIBERALISM - It is the Working Class Who Fight All the Battles: Military Service and the Study of American Workers; R.Horowitz - The Limits of Liberalism: Working-class Formation in Britain and the United States; N.Kirk - RELIGION AND DISPOSITION - Present at the Creation: Working-Class Catholics in the United States; L.W.Tentler - Religion and the Formation of the Italian Working Class; J.Pollard - RACE AND CLASS: CONSTRUCTIONS, COMPARISONS, CONNECTIONS - Inbetween Peoples: Race, Nationality and the New Immigrant Working Class; J.Barrett & D.Roediger - 'Social Burden' or 'Amiable Peasantry': Constructing a Place for Black Southerners; J.Grossman - Workers at War: The South African Experience, 1939-1945; P.Alexander - Apropos of Exceptionalism: Imperial Location and the Comparative Histories of the United States and South Africa; R.Gregg -Index