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020 _z9781620972267 (ebook)
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100 1 _aHochschild, Arlie Russell,
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245 1 0 _aStrangers in their own land :
_banger and mourning on the American right
260 _aUSA :
_bThe New Press ,
_c2016 .
300 _axii, 351 pages :
_billustration ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index.
520 _a"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country--a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets--among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident--people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children. Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead, Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream--and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in "red" America. Along the way she finds answers to one of the crucial questions of contemporary American politics: why do the people who would seem to benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?"--
650 0 _aConservatism
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aLiberalism
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aRight and left (Political science)
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650 0 _aIdeology
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aPolitical sociology
_zUnited States.
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650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism.
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650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aHochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- author.
_tStrangers in their own land
_dNew York : New Press, The, 2016
_z9781620972267
_w(DLC) 2016033622
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_irm13 2016-07-20 ONIX
_bhb09 2016-11-02 2 copies rec'd for LOAN;
_axk15 2016-12-06 (Congressional loan - Hand carry) x-copy/discard to CALM
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