| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
273 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- American serfs : inside the white ghetto of the working poor -- Republicans by default : redneck pride and fear in an age of outsourcing -- The deep-fried, double-wide lifestyle : whatever it takes, the mortgage racket will put you under your own roof -- Valley of the gun : black powder and buckskin in heartland America -- The covert kingdom : they plead upon the blood of Jesus for a theocratic state -- The ballad of Lynddie England : one foot in Ulster, the other in Iraq -- An authorized place to die : the American health care system on life support -- American hologram : the apocalypse will be televised. |
| Subject |
Social classes -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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| ISBN |
9780307339362 |
|
030733936X |
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