02994cam a2200457 i 4500 19147283 BJBSDDR 20250523155523.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 160622s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2016302095 0670785970 (hbk) 9780670785971 (hbk) 9781101608487 (ebk) (OCoLC)ocn925398080 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BDX BTCTA OCLCQ ON8 CO2 OCLCO ABG UOK DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- HN 90 I78w 2016 305.5/0973 Isenberg, Nancy, 1958- 41791 White trash : the 400-year untold history of class in America / Nancy Isenberg. New York, New York : Viking, 2016. xvii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-446) and index. Fables we forget by -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. "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. Social classes United States History. Clases sociales Historia Estados Unidos 25597 Poor white people United States Social conditions History. Clase trabajadora Condiciones sociales Estados Unidos 42246 Working class white people United States Social conditions History. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123283 123283 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-04-30 0 HN 90 I78w 2016 00000188849 2025-04-30 00:00:00 1 BK