Workers On The Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788 - 1890 - Softcover

Ross, Steven J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972762531 ISBN 13: 9780972762533

Publisher: Figueroa Press, 2003

Synopsis

Workers On the Edge tells the dramatic and often tumultuous story of 100 years of American life. The author takes us from Cincinnati’s artisan workshops to the modern machine age; from the optimistic promises of republicanism to the harsh realities of industrial capitalism. In so doing, Ross explains how American workers came to understand their role in American society and suggests the reasons why Americans today think of their nation as a classless society.

About this title

About the Author

Steven J. Ross is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is author of Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America and Movies and American Society. Ross is a recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholars Award and the Theater Library Association Book Award.

Review

"Ross constructs a well-grounded and coherent synthesis and moves across time with a real sense of drama and direction." -- Michael Frisch, Theory and Society

"This excellent book . . . is a major contribution to the continuing reinterpretation of American working-class history." -- Sean Wilentz, American Historical Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Figueroa Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0972762531
• ISBN 13: 9780972762533
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416