Strangers in Paradise: Academics from the Working Class

By Jake Ryan and Charles Sackrey

Book Overview

In this second edition, twenty-four college professors, with roots in the working class, discuss the experience of significant upward mobility and the problems of adjustment to life in the academy. This collection of stories provides revelations about the social class system and academic life in the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896082318
• ISBN13: 9780896082311
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: South End Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.3" x 8.5"