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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.
| Language | English |
| topic | History & Archaeology |
| Subtopic | Politics and the state |
| Author | Vance J.D. |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Book cover | Hard cover |
| Year | 2017 |
| Item number | 7720520 |
| Publisher | |
| Category | |
| Release date | 1.6.2017 |
| Reference book topic | History & Archaeology |
| Reference book Subtopic | Politics and the state |
| Language | English |
| Author | Vance J.D. |
| Year | 2017 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Book cover | Hard cover |
| Year | 2017 |
| Height | 196 mm |
| Width | 128 mm |
| Weight | 242 g |
| Length | 20.30 cm |
| Width | 13.20 cm |
| Height | 1.80 cm |
| Weight | 188 g |
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