{"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":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2011 Merle Curti award, an epic account that recasts the 1970s as the key turning point in modern U.S. history, from the renowned historian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wide-ranging cultural and political history that will forever redefine a misunderstood decade, \u003cem\u003eStayin' Alive\u003c\/em\u003e is prizewinning 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\" (\u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jefferson Cowie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595587077","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709329641609,"sku":"9781595587077","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1d4c31f9-cd20-446c-834e-445f612da711.jpg?v=1719513974","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/stayin-alive-the-1970s-and-the-last-days-of-the-working-class-9781595587077","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}