How Class Works - 2008 Conference Collection

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The Center for Study of Working Class Life was founded in 1999 and has been undergoing a transition. It was dedicated to exploring the meaning of class in today’s world. Looking at society through the lens of class clarifies many important social questions in new ways – why the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, what attacks on government programs through privatization mean, why the suburbs aren’t really a middle class haven, how the "family values" debate impacts our lives, and much more. This collection represents the 2008 Conference, "How Class Works."

For additional information on the research activities or more information about the updated program, including a revised name, visit The Center for the Study of Inequalities, Social justice, & Policy website.

This info was updated in 2022

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The Legacy of Ted Allen for Understanding the Color Line in the 21st Century [Plenary Session 5.1.]

Fletcher, Bill; Perry, Jeffrey B.; Lui, Meizhu; Zweig, Michael.
Whitening of the United Federation of Teachers [Session 13.1, part 1.]

Ucelli, Juliet; Ahern, Sean; Murphy, Don; Anderson, Sam.
Whitening of the United Federation of Teachers [Session 13.1, part 2.]

Ucelli, Juliet; Ahern, Sean; Murphy, Don; Anderson, Sam.
White Working Class Anger in Britain [Session 2.1, part 1.]

Adams, Bill; McKenzie, Roger.
White Working Class Anger in Britain [Session 2.1, part 2.]

Adams, Bill; McKenzie, Roger.
White Suppremacy in the U.S. History [Session 3.1, part 1.]

Marable, Manning; Goldfield, Mike; Roediger, David.
White Suppremacy in the U.S. History [Session 3.1, part 2.]

Marable, Manning; Goldfield, Mike; Roediger, David.
European American Workers and White Supremacy [Session 8.1.]

Smith, Chip; Perry, Jeff; Slavin, David.
Class and Sexuality [Session 12.6, part 3.]

Carsone, Michael; Taylor, Yvette.
Class and Sexuality [Session 12.6, part 2.]

Carsone, Michael; Taylor, Yvette.
Class and Sexuality [Session 12.6, part 1.]

Carsone, Michael; Taylor, Yvette.
Teaching Class [Session 11.4, part 3.]

Rankin, Cherie; Reckner, Paul; Linkon, Sherry; Russo, John.
Teaching Class [Session 11.4, part 2.]

Rankin, Cherie; Reckner, Paul; Linkon, Sherry; Russo, John.
Teaching Class [Session 11.4, part 1.]

Rankin, Cherie; Reckner, Paul; Linkon, Sherry; Russo, John.
Borrowed Light: Ted Allen and Whiteness Studies [Session 1.1, part 3.]

Scott, Jonathan; Martinot, Steve; Flores, Anamarie; Ho, Fred.
Borrowed Light: Ted Allen and Whiteness Studies [Session 1.1, part 2.]

Scott, Jonathan; Martinot, Steve; Flores, Anamarie; Ho, Fred.
Borrowed Light: Ted Allen and Whiteness Studies [Session 1.1, part 1.]

Scott, Jonathan; Martinot, Steve; Flores, Anamarie; Ho, Fred.
Plenary: New Voices in Woorking Class Studies [Session 10, part 1.]

Gabrielle, Jeannette; Judge, Catherine-Mercedes Brillantes; Easton, Terry.
Plenary: New Voices in Working Class Studies [Session 10, part 2.]

Gabrielle, Jeannette; Judge, Catherine-Mercedes Brillantes; Easton, Terry.
Lessons on the color line from Smithfield Foods [Session 11.1, part 1.]

Bruskin, Gene.