About the Author

John Russo is Professor of Labor Studies, Coordinator of the Labor Studies Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University. Sherry Lee Linkon is Professor of English and American Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University. Russo and Linkon are coauthors of Steeltown USA: Work and Memory in Youngstown.

Reviews

"These readings on the history and experience of the working class make compelling reading. Recommended for all libraries."-Library Journal, 1 June 2005 "This extremely valuable collection explores the development of new working-class studies in academe. The essays highlight these studies at the intersection of different academic fields; within disciplinary perspectives on the working class; among representations of the working class in poetry, literature, film, and music; and as reflected in the relationship between social class, politics, and education. Highly recommended."-Choice, April 2006 "I've learned enough about working-class studies in the last couple of years to pay attention whenever Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo publish. Here they've combined the perfect mix of voices and ideas to create a fresh take on a vital and still disappointingly overlooked notion: that class counts. I urge anyone serious about understanding workers and working-class culture in America to read this book."-Alfred Lubrano, author of Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams "This book is sure to make a splash, with ripple effects continuing for a long time. It is an invaluable encyclopedic guide to the best of the writing and research that has emerged in working-class studies in the last decade. It also eloquently and convincingly shows how this new attention to class and the lives of working people is reshaping in fundamental ways our vocabulary, theory, pedagogy, and political choices. It is exciting and compelling work, bubbling with new and fresh ideas and connections."-Dorothy Sue Cobble, Rutgers University, author of The Other Women's Movement: Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America "This groundbreaking collection offers a diverse and comprehensive starting point for forays into the 'new working- class studies,' presenting not only an exemplary range of studies of working-class lives and more theoretical pieces that explore the contours of this emerging field, but also a wonderful bibliographic resource. Together the chapters vividly demonstrate the importance, in the new working-class studies, of the centrality of and respect for working -class lives, class intersections, interdisciplinarity, a diversity of sources and forms of representation, and the political and educational value of such studies. This volume is a crucial and inspiring intervention."-Alison Stenning, University of Newcastle "It is hard to imagine a better time for the publication of New Working-Class Studies, which demonstrates how class affects our lives at work, at home, and in the community. This succinct, inclusive, and comprehensive collection reflects our lived experiences."-Mary Romero, Arizona State University, author of Maid in the U.S.A.