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WHITE TRASH. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
by Isenberg, Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670785970
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785971
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. 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. 460 pages with index.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14694
- Title
- WHITE TRASH. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
- Author
- Isenberg, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670785970
- ISBN 13
- 9780670785971
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- class in America, poor whites, slavery, Theodore Roosevelt, LBJ's Great Society, Duck Dynasty, the character of the American identity
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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