New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995. New condition in a New dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Bibliographical references. Bound in the original pale yellow boards, with a black cloth spine lettered in shiny. From the Dust Jacket: "This book about working-class identity, consciousness, and self-determination. It offers an alternative to middle-class assimilation and working-class amnesia. The twenty-five contributors use memory -- both personal and collective -- to show the relationship between the uncertain economic rhythms of working-class life and the possibilities for cultural and political agency.". First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by Dawson, Ellen C. (jacket design). 8vo. xv, 366pp.

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Title: Liberating Memory : Our Work and Our Working-Class Consciousness
Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0813521211
ISBN 13: 9780813521213
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Dawson, Ellen C. (jacket design)
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Editor Zandy has collected essays, poems, and stories from 25 contributors who share their experiences as members of the working class. Central to the book is the rejection of the notion that being working class is something to overcome. The writers find great strength and value in this class, even though many of the writers have, admittedly, left it. Some reveal a fair amount of anger, mostly over the way the upper and middle classes treat them. They fight the dehumanizing forces of repetitive, boring, and often dangerous work. During the Vietnam War, they did not have the option of a college deferment. But they are rarely self-pitying, often quite ironic and humorous. The language and voice of the working class live in this book, and the depth and complexity of both are reminders of how important these people are to our society. Brian McCombie

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