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C.L. Dews
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| #9921640 in Books | Temple University Press | 1995-04-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x6.50 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages | ||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Emotional, highly recommended|By Christian Smith|I did a Research Experience for Undergraduates at an Ivy League university, and as one of the only working class people in the program this book fueled me, affirmed me, and generally kept me going. Middle and upper class people--especially those in academia--can benefit greatly from reading these accounts. Lower class people of c||
|"A collection of essays by faculty members and several graduate students, this book provides [a] glimpse of the class system in the United States and how it plays out in colleges and universities....[This] is a moving book, beautifully written."--
These autobiographical and analytical essays by a diverse group of professors and graduate students from working-class families reveal an academic world in which "blue-collar work is invisible." Describing conflict and frustration, the contributors expose a divisive middle-class bias in the university setting. Many talk openly about how little they understood about the hierarchy and processes of higher education, while others explore how their experiences now aff...
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