History from the Bottom Up and the Inside Out: Ethnicity, Race, and Identity in Working-Class History

James R. Barrett

Published by Duke University Press 2017

History from the Bottom Up and the Inside Out

Ethnicity, Race, and Identity in Working-Class History

James R. Barrett

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822372851

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About this book

James R. Barrett rethinks the boundaries of American working-class history by investigating the ways in which working-class people's personal lives intersected with their activism and religious, racial, ethnic, and class identities.

Author / Editor information

James R. Barrett is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author and editor of several books, most recently, The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multiethnic City.

David Roediger is Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas and the author of Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All.

Reviews

-- Robert Cassanello American Historical Review

-- Sophie Cooper Immigrants & Minorities

-- Christopher Phelps Labour History Review

-- Kevin Boyle Social History

-- Kathryn Olivarius Canadian Journal of History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword David R. Roediger Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction The Subjective Side of Working-Class History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter one. The Blessed Virgin Made Me a Socialist Historian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter two. Was the Personal Political? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter three. Revolution and Personal Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Chapter four. Blue-Collar Cosmopolitans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter five. The Bohemian Writer and the Radical Woodworker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter six. Americanization from the Bottom Up Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Chapter seven. Inbetween Peoples Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter eight. Irish Americanization on Stage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter nine. Making and Unmaking the Working Class Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 304

eBook

Published: July 27, 2017
ISBN: 9780822372851