Book Review: Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Book Review: Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Jefferson Cowie is a Labor historian and a professor of Industrial Labor Relations at the Cornell University (Jefferson Cowie). Cowie’s book Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class is a classic explanation of the manner in which the 1970s’ legislative and fiscal mayhems in the United Stated affected the life of the common American (Cowie 2010). He recalls the circumstances of the era to remind the reader of the cultural changes that took place due to the 1970s’ labor liberalization, which was a ...