We're still here : pain and politics in the heart of America
by
Silva, Jennifer M., author.
Title
:
We're still here : pain and politics in the heart of America
Alternate title
:
We are still here
Author
:
Silva, Jennifer M., author.
Summary
:
Jennifer M. Silva tellas a deep, multi-generational story of pain and politics that will endure long after the Trump administration. Drawing on over 100 interviews with black, white, and Latino working-class residents of a declining coal town in Pennsylvania, Silva reveals how the erosion of the American Dream is lived and felt.
Contents
:
Introduction: The puzzle of working-class politics -- Fracturing and revival -- Forgotten men -- The coal miner's granddaughter -- In search of redemption -- Something we never had -- Democracy denied -- Conclusion: Breathing life into a dead community.
Physical Description
:
xi, 206 pages ; 25 cm
Subject Term
:
Working class.
Working class -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Coal mines and mining.
Presidents -- Election -- 2016.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Social conditions.
Publisher
:
Oxford University Press,
Publication Date
:
2019
ISBN
:
9780190888046
Publication Information
:
New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Call Number
:
305.5 SILVA
| Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| 33607003429167 | Adult Nonfiction | 305.5 SILVA | Checked In |