The American Perception of Class

• Main Author: Vanneman, Reeve (auth)
• Other Authors: Weber Cannon, Lynn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Temple University Press 1987
• Subjects: Industrial arbitration & negotiation; Social classes; Sociology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Scholars and nonacademics alike have usually assumed that the American working class does not think of itself as a coherent class opposed to the dominant powers in American society-in short, that it is not class conscious. In international perspective, the American working class appears docile and c...