Umfang:
xvii, 460 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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25 cm
ISBN:
9780670785971
Inhalt:
"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
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 323-446
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Fables we forget by -- Part 1: To begin the world anew. Taking out the trash : waste people in the New World -- John Locke's Lubberland : the settlements of Carolina and Georgia -- Benjamin Franklin's American breed : the demographics of mediocrity -- Thomas Jefferson's rubbish : a curious topography of class -- Andrew Jackson's cracker country : the squatter as common man -- Patrt 2: Degeneration of the American Breed. Pedigree and poor white trash : bad blood, half-breeds and clay-eaters -- Cowards, Poltroons, and mudsills : civil war as class warfare -- Thoroughbreds and scalawags : bloodlines and bastard stock in the age of eugenics -- Forgotten men and poor folk : downward mobility and the Great Depression -- The cult of the country boy : Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, and LBJ's Great Society -- Part 3: The white trash makeover. Redneck roots : Deliverance, Billy Beer, and Tammy Faye -- Outing Rednecks : slumming, Slick Willie, and Sarah Palin -- America's strange breed : the long legacy of white trash
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781101608487
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Ethnologie
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Anglistik
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Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
USA
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Soziale Ungleichheit
;
Armut
;
Diskriminierung
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Ausgrenzung
URL:
https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016302095-s.html
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