{"product_id":"bridging-the-divide-jack-metzgar-9781501760310","title":"Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBridging the Divide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Jack Metzgar attempts to determine the differences between working-class and middle-class cultures in the United States. \u003c\/b\u003eDrawing on a wide range of multidisciplinary sources, Metzgar writes as a now middle-class professional with a working-class upbringing, explaining the various ways the two cultures conflict and complement each other, illustrated by his own lived experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a historical framework that reflects on how both class cultures developed, adapted, and survived through decades of historical circumstances, Metzgar challenges professional middle-class views of both the working-class and themselves. In the end, he argues for the creation of a cross-class coalition of what he calls \"standard-issue professionals\" with both hard-living and settled-living working people and outlines some policies that could help promote such a unification if the two groups had a better understanding of their differences and how to use those differences to their advantage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBridging the Divide\u003c\/i\u003e mixes personal stories and theoretical concepts to give us a compelling look inside the current complex position of the working-class in American culture and a view of what it could be in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Metzgar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501760319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501760310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 8.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jack Metzgar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043204690175,"sku":"9781501760310","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc8f52c5-e8cb-4550-bdf6-28bb15915a17.jpg?v=1684965834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bridging-the-divide-jack-metzgar-9781501760310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}