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Hardest Times
The Trauma of Long Term Unemployment
A sobering look at what happens to men—and their families—who are unemployed for six months or longer
"This emotionally wrenching work is a much-needed reminder of the need to
attend to those who are marginalized, even in the 'best' of times."
Choice
"As usual, Cottle writes with an artist's skill, a social scientist's psychological
and social consciousness. He is a wonderful storyteller; he catches life's
subtleties, nuances, daily, hum-drum drama. He also is a skilled and thoughtful
interviewer, observer, psychological analyst. He is doing important, revealing,
original, and scholarly work, and doing it in a most unusual and brilliant
manner."
Robert Coles, Harvard University
"Cottle's writing is unsparing, tough, and insightful. . . . To my way of
thinking, this is his best and most mature work. Hardest Times is a
major contribution to our understanding of men, of work, and of the shattering
trauma that men experience when work is denied."
Robert Melson, Purdue University
"An insightful and sensitive account of the social and psychological consequences
of unemployment. Hardest Times reaffirms Cottle's position as one of
the more astute observers of and commentators on the poignant experiences
of ordinary individuals."
Oliver Holmes, Wesleyan University
"Brings something new and significant to our understanding of the problems
of long term unemployment. Cottle's trenchant and penetrating portraits of
unemployed men alone are worth examining as only researchers like Robert Coles,
Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, Oscar Lewis, and Jonathan Kozol present material
in such compelling, poignant, and vivid fashion.
. . . These portraits, coupled with Cottle's enlightening and provocative
theoretical analysis, will make Hardest Times a notable book that will
take its place among the most significant contributions to the literature
on the sociology and psychology of work, male identity, bereavement, and trauma."
Gerald M. Platt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thomas J. Cottle is professor of education at Boston University. His books include A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation and At Peril: Stories of Injustice, both published by the University of Massachusetts Press.
Sociology / Psychology
328 pp.
$24.95t paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-415-2
November 2003
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