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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670785970
ISBN-139780670785971
eBay Product ID (ePID)219090314
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhite Trash : the 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Social History, Poverty & Homelessness, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorNancy Isenberg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight25.7 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-302095
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for Madison and Jefferson "[A] satisfyingly rich dual biography [that] promotes Madison from junior partner to full-fledged colleague of the 'more magnetic' Jefferson. . . . An important, thoughtful, and gracefully written political history from the viewpoint of the young nation's two most intellectual founding fathers." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Extensive and well researched . . . [A]n important reappraisal of a critical partnership that shaped our early republic." --Jay Freeman Praise for Fallen Founder "Isenberg's meticulous biography reveals a gifted lawyer, politician, and orator who championed civility in government and even feminist ideals, in a political climate that bears a marked resemblance to our own." -- The Washington Post "Full of insight and new research. It is an important and engaging account." --The New York Times Book Review "[A] sterling biography." --The Boston Globe, "An eloquent synthesis of the country's history of class stratification, one that questions whether the United States is indeed a place where all are created equal. White Trash powerfully unites four centuries of history--economic, political, cultural, and pseudo-scientific--to show how thoroughly the notion of class is woven into the national fabric." -- The Boston Globe "An eloquent volume that is more discomforting and more necessary than a semitrailer filled with new biographies of the founding fathers and the most beloved presidents . . . This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification."-- Dwight Garner, The New York Times "[ White Trash ] sheds bright light on a long history of demagogic national politicking, beginning with Jackson. It makes Donald Trump seem far less unprecedented than today's pundits proclaim."-- Slate "Isenberg . . . has written an important call for Americans to treat class with the same care that they now treat race. . . . Her work may well help that focus lead to progress." --TIME magazine "With the election looming, this eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." - O Magazine "With her strong academic background and accessible voice, Isenberg takes pains to reveal classism's deep-seated roots." - Entertainment Weekly , "Must List" "[ White Trash ] is a carefully researched indictment of a particularly American species of hypocrisy, and it's deeply relevant to the pathologies of contemporary America."-- Christian Science Monitor "What makes people whom Trump has never cared about before this election so eager to see him as their spokesman? What in tarnation do they see in his vague bluster and thinly coded racist remarks? For answers to these and other questions, look no further than Nancy Isenberg's fascinating and unsettling new book . . . [a] meticulously researched survey of the class system in America."-- Atlanta Journal Constitution "Here is a book that should forever change the way we think and talk about class, which Isenberg suggests is the rotting stage upon which American democracy will either stand or fall." -- The American Scholar "It's a contentious subject that deserves a larger academic discussion. With any luck, Isenberg's White Trash will serve as the opening arguments from which a broader discussion arises."-- PopMatters, "Formidable and truth-dealing...necessary." - The New York Times "This eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." - O Magazine "A gritty and sprawling assault on...American mythmaking." --Washington Post "An eloquent synthesis of the country's history of class stratification." -The Boston Globe "A bracing reminder of the persistent contempt for the white underclass." -The Atlantic "[ White Trash ] sheds bright light on a long history of demagogic national politicking, beginning with Jackson. It makes Donald Trump seem far less unprecedented than today's pundits proclaim."-- Slate "Isenberg . . . has written an important call for Americans to treat class with the same care that they now treat race...Her work may well help that focus lead to progress." --TIME "With her strong academic background and accessible voice, Isenberg takes pains to reveal classism's deep-seated roots." -Entertainment Weekly "Carefully researched...deeply relevant." -Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Decimal305.5/0973
SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller A New York Times Notable and Critics' Top Book of 2016 Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction One of NPR's 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head On NPR's Book Concierge Guide To 2016's Great Reads San Francisco Chronicle's Best of 2016: 100 recommended books A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2016 Globe & Mail 100 Best of 2016 " Formidable and truth-dealing . . . necessary. " -- The New York Times "This eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." -- O Magazine In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg upends history as we know it by taking on our comforting myths about equality and uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing--if occasionally entertaining--poor white trash. "When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there's always a chance that the dancing bear will win," says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. And we recognize how right she is today. Yet the voters who boosted Trump all the way to the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg. The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today's hillbillies. They were alternately known as "waste people," "offals," "rubbish," "lazy lubbers," and "crackers." By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called "clay eaters" and "sandhillers," known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America's supposedly class-free society--where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics--a widely popular movement embraced by Theodore Roosevelt that targeted poor whites for sterilization. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ's Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty. Marginalized as a class, white trash have always been at or near the center of major political debates over the character of the American identity. We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation's history. With Isenberg's landmark book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well., In White Trash, Nancy Isenberg upends assumptions about America's supposedly class-free society and shows how poor whites have been deeply ingrained in the country's history for the past 400 years. They were central to the both the Civil War itself and the rise of the Republican Party, and still today feature in reality TV as entertainment. White trash have always been an integral part of the American identity, and here their history in both culture and politics in explored in depth. A fascinating work that's timely to today's public debate about rich and poor.
LC Classification NumberHN90.S6I84 2016
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- 06. Feb. 2020
Vast understanding of this Class of Americans.
This is a poignant, interesting history of the Untold History of a Class of Americans. It gives insight into their beliefs, thoughts and overall culture. It gave me vast understanding of their borne into religion and why they are so tightly clasped together. Absolutely eye-opening! I recommend this highly for those who want to understand this Class of Americans.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Jan. 2022
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If the only problem with being poor was your image, then this book would be up to it. But if you want an in depth examination of the things beyond their control that make for poverty, look elsewhere. Things like parasitic pseudo friends and enemies that need useful scapegoats so that they can be pseudo friends to somebody else..........aren't covered.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Nov. 2018
What a past!
Full of interesting facts and controversial angles, the story is at times confusing and forced but the research is impecable. Maybe they were in a hurry to publish that editors didn’t read it through.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 13. Sep. 2019
American history's lost details.
Most of the original colonists had a rough go of it! This is stuff that wasn't detailed in my American History class. Good information.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 13. Jul. 2021
Hidden History
Haven't read much of the book yet.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Mai. 2018
As promised
Book in great condition, quick shipping, as promisedBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Aug. 2019
Provocative but right on.
Lots of good footnotes. Thorough but a little ragged at the end.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 14. Dez. 2024
Nice looking book! Thank You!...
Nice looking book! Thank You!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 30. Aug. 2019
Book
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- 18. Jun. 2019
Great detail on real American history
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