Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 The Meaning of Work 1
5. 2 The Promise of Blue-Collar Labor 23
6. 3 How We Came to Devalue Blue-Collar Work 43
7. 4 Blue-Collar Views on the White-Collar World 59
8. 5 Conceptions of Class Hierarchy 83
9. 6 Occupational Prestige 97
10. 7 Making Sense of Working-Class Attitudes 113
11. 8 False Dichotomies: The Importance of Experiential Knowledge 127
12. 9 Reclaiming the Value of Labor 147
13. 10 Recasting the Image of Blue-Collar Work 163
14. 11 Conclusions and Implications 179
15. Appendix: Methodology and Data 191
16. Bibliography 209
17. Index 219
18. About the Book 222