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In History from the Bottom Up and the Inside Out James R. Barrett rethinks the boundaries of American social and labor history by investigating the ways in which working-class, radical, and immigrant people's personal lives intersected with their activism and religious, racial, ethnic, and class identities. Concerned with carving out space for individuals in the story of the working class, Barrett examines all aspects of individuals' subjective experiences, from their personalities, relationships, and emotions to their health and intellectual pursuits. Barrett's subjects include American communists, "blue-collar cosmopolitans"—such as well-read and well-traveled porters, sailors, and hoboes—and figures in early twentieth-century anarchist subculture. He also details the process of the Americanization of immigrant workers via popular culture and their development of class and racial identities, asking how immigrants learned to think of themselves as white. Throughout, Barrett enriches our understanding of working people’s lives, making it harder to objectify them as nameless cogs operating within social and political movements. In so doing, he works to redefine conceptions of work, migration, and radical politics.

Working class --- Minorities --- Identity (Psychology) --- Personal identity --- Personality --- Self --- Ego (Psychology) --- Individuality --- History.

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This book is a comprehensive collection of essays by David Montgomery, edited by Shelton Stromquist and James R. Barrett. It explores themes of working-class formation, labor struggles, and the social relations of production in American history. The essays cover a wide range of topics including strikes, labor movements, racial and gender diversity within the working class, and workers' control over production. Montgomery aims to provide a historical analysis of capitalism and worker resistance, offering insights into the dynamics of class and labor in the United States. The intended audience includes scholars, students, and readers interested in labor history and social movements.

Labor movement --- Working class