Hillbilly Elegy

English, 2017, Vance J.D.
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'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'The best book about the alienation within America' Evening Standard 'The memoir
gripping America...Vividly articulates the despair and disillusionment of blue-collar America' Sunday Times 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story hopefully begins in post-war America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt po.

Key specifications

Language
English
topic
History & Archaeology
Author
Vance J.D.
Year
2017
Number of pages
272
Book cover
Paperback
Item number
7720520

General information

Publisher
Category
Release date
1.6.2017

Book properties

Reference book topic
History & Archaeology
Language
English
Author
Vance J.D.
Year
2017
Number of pages
272
Book cover
Paperback

Product dimensions

Height
196 mm
Width
128 mm
Weight
242 g

Package dimensions

Length
20.30 cm
Width
13.20 cm
Height
1.80 cm
Weight
188 g

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