I remember how excited I was when I first read Sennett and Cobb's book, "Hidden Injuries of Class." It really helped me to make sense of my own experiences. I passed it around and several of us discussed it for days. I liked the idea of how working class parents sometimes raise their children to oppose working class values (and to get jobs different from their own) and then resent their kids when they do what their parents wanted (and their kids are somewhat ashamed of them). Also the whole ambivalence workers have toward their jobs and authority is interesting. I reread the book two years ago and still found it pretty good.
BTW the film "Clockwork," about Frederick Taylor, suggests that Taylor himself had dreams of revolt against his own system of control!!
michael yates