{"product_id":"stayin-alive-the-1970s-and-the-last-days-of-the-working-class-9781595587077","title":"Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class","description":"A wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, \u003ci\u003eStayin' Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie's remarkable account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s. In this edgy and incisive book--part political intrigue, part labor history, with large doses of American music, film and television lore--Cowie, with \"an ear for the power and poetry of vernacular speech\" (\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e), reveals America's fascinating path from rising incomes and optimism of the New Deal to the widening economic inequalities and dampened expectations of the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2011 Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians for the Best Book on American History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2011 Merle Curti Prize from the Organization of American Historians for the Best Book in American Social History \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2011 Labor History Best Book Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2011 Best Book Award from the United Association for Labor Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1591163\"\u003eJefferson R. Cowie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595587077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595587071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC050000\"\u003eSocial Classes \u0026amp; Economic Disparity\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJefferson Cowie\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Cornell University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCapital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press), which received the 2000 Philip Taft Prize for the Best Book in Labor History. He lives in Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685661479149,"sku":"9781595587077","price":39.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9e44ae27-d875-47fc-a4ad-414df96a9386.jpg?v=1649769156","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/stayin-alive-the-1970s-and-the-last-days-of-the-working-class-9781595587077","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}