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9780471714392

Limbo Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471714392

  • ISBN10:

    0471714399

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-22
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

This powerful book uncovers a cultural phenomenon-the limbo existence of people raised in blue-collar families, living white-collar lives. Limbo presents a thoughtful look at this phenomenon through the author's personal story, and those of 100 interviewees, all struggling with the duality that exists in their workplaces, their hearts, and their minds. Book jacket.

Author Biography

ALFRED LUBRANO is a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, a contributing editor to GQ, and a commentator for National Public Radio since 1992. He has won six national journalism awards, and has contributed to several magazines and anthologies on writing.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
1 Bricklayer's Son: The Birth and Clash of Values 7(24)
2 Crawling Out of the Black Hole: The Pain of Transition 31(16)
3 The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts 47(26)
4 Culture Conflicts: First Encounters with the Upper Classes 73(34)
5 Going Home: An Identity Changed Forever 107(22)
6 Office Politics: The Blue-Collar Way 129(34)
7 Class, Love and Progeny: The Ultimate Battle 163(30)
8 Duality: The Never-Ending Struggle with Identity 193(32)
Conclusion 225(4)
Endnotes 229(4)
Source Notes 233(8)
Acknowledgments 241(2)
Index 243

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