The Dignity of Working Men

Introduction: Making Sense of Their Worlds The Questions The The Research I. American Workers 1. The World in Moral Order Disciplined Survival, Work Ethic, and Responsibility Providing for and Protecting the Family Straightforwardness and Personal Integrity Salvation from Pollution: Religion and Traditional Morality Caring Selves: Black Conceptions of Solidarity and Altruism The Policing of Moral Boundaries 2. Euphemized Racism: Moral qua Racial Boundaries How Morality Defines Racism Whites on Blacks Blacks on Whites Immigration The Policing of Racial Boundaries 3. AssessingPeople Above andPeople Below Morality and Class Relations People Above People Below The Policing of Class Boundaries II. The United States…