Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood

Maria Kefalas

Published by University of California Press 2003

Working-Class Heroes

Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood

Maria Kefalas

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520936652

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About this book

Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mothers, and office workers living in the stable working-class community known as Beltway. Building on the classic Chicago School of urban studies and incorporating new perspectives from cultural geography and sociology, Maria Kefalas considers the significance of home, community, and nation for Beltway residents.

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Kefalas Maria :

Maria Kefalas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
MAPS AND TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION. In Search of Working-Class Chicago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE. Rethinking Race in the Ethnic White Enclave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
TWO. A Precious Corner of the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
THREE. Home, Sweet Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
FOUR. For Country and Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
CONCLUSION. The Last Garden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Appendix: In the Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 217

eBook

Published: February 17, 2003
ISBN: 9780520936652