Title We're still here : pain and politics in the heart of America / Jennifer M. Silva

Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) Contents Fracturing and revival -- Forgotten men -- The coal miner's granddaughter -- In search of redemption -- Something we never had -- Democracy denied Summary 'We're Still Here' provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics. Drawing on years of fieldwork and over 100 interviews with Black, white, and Latino working-class residents of a declining coal town in Pennsylvania, Jennifer M. Silva tells a deep, multi-generational story of pain and politics that will endure long after Trump and the elections of 2016 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2019) Subject Working class -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century Working class -- United States -- Attitudes Working class -- Political activity -- United States Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects -- United States Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016 POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects Presidents -- Election Social conditions Working class -- Attitudes Working class -- Political activity Working class -- Social conditions SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511 Subject United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2018061768 ISBN 0190888067 9780190888060 9780190888077 0190888075 9780190888053 0190888059

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