TY - GEN T1 - Working sober : the transformation of an occupational drinking culture A1 - Sonnenstuhl, William J., 1946- LA - English PP - Ithaca, N.Y. PB - ILR YR - 1996 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1037273016 AB - Americans assume that workers do not drink on the job and that, if they do, it is because they suffer from alcoholism rather than because they are conforming to occupational expectations. William J. Sonnenstuhl disagrees. He contends that some occupational cultures encourage heavy drinking. Moreover, his research suggests that the sense of community which motivates drinking can also sometimes inspire workers to break the pattern and work sober. AB - Sonnenstuhl surveys drinking patterns in specific occupations, including construction, the military, railroading, and journalism, asking why such patterns have resisted efforts by both management and labor to curtail drinking from colonial times to the present. He documents the experience of workers who build tunnels and underground systems in New York City, in an occupation that traditionally encouraged its members to drink together both on the job and off. Known as sandhogs, they do strenuous, dirty work deep underground, where one worker dies for every mile of tunnel dug. In conversations with Sonnenstuhl, the sandhogs explain how they drank to sustain their courage, to show their camaraderie, and to celebrate their survival. AB - In recent years, sandhogs have transformed their culture, supporting each other in sobriety through their own alcoholism program, in which the union served as a crucial agent of change. For these workers, drinking on the job has virtually disappeared. On the basis of their experience, Sonnenstuhl advocates a paradigm of cultural transformation to supplement the medical model of curing addicted individuals. OP - 143 CN - HF5549.5.A4 S66 1996eb SN - 9781501711213 SN - 1501711210 SN - 0801432677 SN - 9780801432675 SN - 0801483484 SN - 9780801483486 KW - Alcoholism and employment : United States : Case studies. KW - Sandhogs : Alcohol use : Social aspects : United States : Case studies. KW - Group identity : United States : Case studies. KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages : Social aspects : United States : Case studies. KW - Alcoholism : history KW - Social Problems : history KW - Social Identification : history KW - Alcoolisme et travail : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - Ouvriers des caissons : Consommation d'alcool : Aspect social : États-Unis : Cas, Études de. KW - Identité collective : États-Unis : Cas, Études de. KW - Consommation d'alcool : Aspect social : États-Unis : Cas, Études de. KW - Ouvriers des caissons : Consommation d'alcool : Aspect social : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - Identité collective : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - Consommation d'alcool : Aspect social : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Labor. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Labor & Industrial Relations. KW - Alcoholism and employment KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages : Social aspects KW - Group identity KW - Sandhogs : Alcohol use : Social aspects KW - United States KW - Case Reports KW - Case studies KW - Case studies. KW - Études de cas. ER -