White trash :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Summary
"A history of the class system in America from the colonial era to the present illuminates the crucial legacy of the underprivileged white demographic, citing the pivotal contributions of lower-class white workers in wartime, social policy, and the rise of the Republican Party, "--NoveList.
Call Number
305.5 ISE
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780670785971 9780143129677
White trash :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
12 audio discs (15 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
Old Waybrook, CT : Tantor, [2016]
Summary
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.
Call Number
CD 305.5 ISE
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781515905448
White trash. MP3
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
2 audio discs (15 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2016.
Summary
Nancy Isenberg upends assumptions about America's supposedly class-free society. 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. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ's Great Society.
Call Number
ABK 305.569 ISENBERG
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781515955443
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