White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America
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New York, New York :
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Book
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xxix, 462 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Lexile measure:
1220L
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"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.

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English
ISBN:
9780143129677, 0143129678
Lexile measure:
1220

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"Published with a new preface in Penguin Books 2017."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-448) and index.
Description
"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.

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Isenberg, N. White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America. New York, New York.

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Isenberg, Nancy. White Trash: The 400-year Untold History of Class in America. New York, New York.

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Isenberg, Nancy, White Trash: The 400-year Untold History of Class in America. New York, New York.

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Isenberg, Nancy. White Trash: The 400-year Untold History of Class in America. New York, New York,

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