£68.00

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£68 today · previous high £68 · all-time low £68

NYU Press Class Unknown: Undercover Investigations of American Work and Poverty from the Progressive Era to the Present: 4 (Culture, Labor, History)

Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 50 days · 50 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£68.00 £67.99 £67.99 £67.99 £68.00 £68.00 £68.00 26 July 2026 07 August 2026 19 August 2026 31 August 2026 13 September 2026
View at Amazon ↗

Price data last checked 41 day(s) ago - refreshing...

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↑ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↑ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 50 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
50 days 0 13 25 38 50 £68 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £68 (50 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £68 - £68

Price levels: 1 different prices over 50 days

Description

How well-meaning intellectuals helped develop our understanding of the American underclass Since the Gilded Age, social scientists, middle-class reformers, and writers have left the comforts of their offices to "pass" as steel workers, coal miners, assembly-line laborers, waitresses, hoboes, and other working and poor people in an attempt to gain a fuller and more authentic understanding of the lives of the working class and the poor. In this first, sweeping study of undercover investigations of work and poverty in America, award-winning historian Mark Pittenger examines how intellectuals were shaped by their experiences with the poor, and how despite their sympathy toward working-class people, they unintentionally helped to develop the contemporary concept of a degraded and "other" American underclass. While contributing to our understanding of the history of American social thought, Class Unknown offers a new perspective on contemporary debates over how we understand and represent our own society and its class divisions.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
13 August 2012
Listed Since
14 October 2011

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Class History and Class Practices in the Periphery of Capitalism: 34 (Research in Political Economy, 34)
97% match

Class History and Class Practices in the Periphery of Capitalism: 34 (Research in Political Economy, 34)

Emerald Publishing Limited

£82.99 02 Oct 2026
Doing Working-Class History: Research, Heritage, and Engagement
97% match

Doing Working-Class History: Research, Heritage, and Engagement

Routledge

£151.26 18 Sep 2026
Routledge Supporting Working-Class Students in Higher Education
97% match

Routledge Supporting Working-Class Students in Higher Education

Routledge

£128.36 02 Oct 2026
Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st Century Britain
97% match

Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st Century Britain

Pluto Press

£78.49 09 Sep 2026
Civic Labors: Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies (Working Class in American History)
97% match

Civic Labors: Scholar Activism and Working-Class Studies (Working Class in American History)

University of Illinois Press

£74.61 18 Sep 2026
Bottom of the Class: Children’s Stories of Low Attainment in Primary School (Foundations and Futures of Education)
96% match

Bottom of the Class: Children’s Stories of Low Attainment in Primary School (Foundations and Futures of Education)

Routledge

£151.26 29 Sep 2026
Poverty and the Underclass: Changing Perceptions of the Poor in America
96% match

Poverty and the Underclass: Changing Perceptions of the Poor in America

NYU Press

£79.99 11 Sep 2026
The Working Class and Politics in Canada
96% match

The Working Class and Politics in Canada

University of British Columbia Press

£66.27 12 Sep 2026
The Sociological Predicament: Academia and the Contradictions of Working Class Consciousness
96% match

The Sociological Predicament: Academia and the Contradictions of Working Class Consciousness

Routledge

£151.23 03 Oct 2026
The Middle Classes in Latin America: Subjectivities, Practices, and Genealogies (Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas)
96% match

The Middle Classes in Latin America: Subjectivities, Practices, and Genealogies (Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas)

Routledge

£140.92 04 Sep 2026
Social Policy in Capitalist History: Perspectives on Poverty, Work and Society
96% match

Social Policy in Capitalist History: Perspectives on Poverty, Work and Society

Edward Elgar Publishing

£99.00 30 Sep 2026
The Happiness of the British Working Class
96% match

The Happiness of the British Working Class

Stanford University Press

£72.00 07 Sep 2026
The (Re)Making of the Chinese Working Class: Labor Activism and Passivity in China (Palgrave Debates in Business History)
96% match

The (Re)Making of the Chinese Working Class: Labor Activism and Passivity in China (Palgrave Debates in Business History)

MACMILLAN

£92.22 24 Sep 2026
The Making of China’s Working Class: A World to Lose (Conceptualising Comparative Politics)
96% match

The Making of China’s Working Class: A World to Lose (Conceptualising Comparative Politics)

Routledge

£145.94 26 Sep 2026
Neither Urban Jungle Nor Urban Village: Women, Families, and Community Development (Children of Poverty)
96% match

Neither Urban Jungle Nor Urban Village: Women, Families, and Community Development (Children of Poverty)

Routledge

£115.00 17 Sep 2026
Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link
96% match

Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link

Cambridge University Press

£114.98 30 Sep 2026
Mediated Shame of Class and Poverty Across Europe
96% match

Mediated Shame of Class and Poverty Across Europe

MACMILLAN

£90.50 01 Oct 2026
The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914: Histories of Nobody
96% match

The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914: Histories of Nobody

Oxford University Press

£83.18 25 Sep 2026
The Third Way & the Third World: Poverty Reduction & Social Inclusion
96% match

The Third Way & the Third World: Poverty Reduction & Social Inclusion

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

£63.00 19 Sep 2026
The Concept of Class: An Historical Introduction (Routledge Revivals)
96% match

The Concept of Class: An Historical Introduction (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£93.79 23 Sep 2026
The Development of an African Working Class: Studies in Class Formation and Action (Routledge Revivals)
96% match

The Development of an African Working Class: Studies in Class Formation and Action (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£93.61 27 Sep 2026
Unequal Choices: How Social Class Shapes Where High-Achieving Students Apply to College (The American Campus)
96% match

Unequal Choices: How Social Class Shapes Where High-Achieving Students Apply to College (The American Campus)

Rutgers University Press

£89.60 23 Sep 2026
The Working Class from Marx to Our Times: De Marx Ao Nosso Tempo (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
96% match

The Working Class from Marx to Our Times: De Marx Ao Nosso Tempo (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£91.52 01 Oct 2026
The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism
96% match

The Greek Praise of Poverty: Origins of Ancient Cynicism

University of Notre Dame Press

£80.00 11 Sep 2026