[lbo-talk] Jefferson Cowie's book on the 1970s and labor has its critics

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat May 14 15:39:18 PDT 2011


On May 14, 2011, at 9:25 AM, John Gulick wrote:


>
> YATES posts:
>
> Jefferson Cowie's Stayin’ Alive: The 1970’s and the Last Days of the Working Class has received glowing reviews.
> But there are
> dissenting voices. Here is one of them. I know others as well, both in the US and in Canada.
>
>
> GULICK responds:
>
> That's an excellent review, Michael. Sounds like this guy could have written a better book than Cowie --
> precisely part of the post-1970's predicament, if you know what I mean. Anyway, thanks for clueing us
> into this. I would have missed it otherwise.

I can't say I entirely get the point of the review. What do the two of you like about it?

Doug



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