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

[Jan Cox]

Thanks for posting, Michael.  Matches our experience of the era and work we knew about and were connected to.  Some intriguing book references in there to follow up on. 

Jan

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On May 13, 2011, at 9:39 PM, MICHAEL YATES <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote:


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> 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. 
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> http://www.firstofthemonth.org/archives/2011/03/that_70s_show.html
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> I Met Jefferson when we both taught in a program at UMass-Amherst one January. He's a smart guy. But I have been struck by how this book rubs smart people I know who have spent their lives waging class struggle the wrong way.
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