Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society
Jack Metzgar, "Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society"
English | ISBN: 1501760319 | 2021 | 240 pages | EPUB | 871 KB
English | ISBN: 1501760319 | 2021 | 240 pages | EPUB | 871 KB
In Bridging the Divide, Jack Metzgar attempts to determine the differences between working-class and middle-class cultures in the United States. Drawing 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.
Set 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.
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