Labor’s Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America — Jobs, Marriage, Class
What happens to family stability when the economic foundation supporting a particular family model begins to disappear?
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In Labor’s Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America, sociologist Andrew J. Cherlin traces the development of the American working-class family from industrialization through its postwar peak and subsequent decline.
This episode examines how industrial wage labor helped organize family life around marriage, gendered divisions of labor, and the expectation of stable…
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