Worlds of Pain and Joy (Refletions on Working-class Lives)

working class;oral history;prosopography;biography;Flint;Michigan;College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies

Sly, Leonard C.Flint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: working class;    oral history;    prosopography;    biography;    Flint;    Michigan;    College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

I decided to investigate the life courses of six senior citizens of Flint, Michigan. They were born into the working class and have been associated with the automobile factory system for most of their lives. I believed that studying their lived experiences would either provide evidence for my positive viewpoint or give credence to Lillian Breslow Rubin;;s negative viewpoint of working class lives. This thesis presents the lives of six senior citizens and an evaluation of their lives in light of Rubin;;s ideas and the findings other experts, including Ronald Edsforth, David Halle, Richard Sennett, Jonathan Cobb, and Maxine Baca Zinn.