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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / J.D. Vance.

Vance, J. D., (author.).

Summary:

Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062300560
  • ISBN: 0062300563
  • ISBN: 9780062872258
  • ISBN: 0062872257
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 pages)
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).
Awards Note:
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D. > Family.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Weise, ...
Working class whites > United States > Biography.
Working class whites > United States > Social conditions.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Mountain people > Kentucky > Social conditions.
Social mobility > United States > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Armut
Ausgrenzung
Kleinstadt
Arbeiterklasse
Arbeitssoziologie
Familiensoziologie
Sozialer Wandel
Appalachen-Gebiet
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
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Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Biografieën.
Sociale mobiliteit.
Armoede.
Economic history.
Families.
Mountain people > Social conditions.
Social mobility.
Working class whites.
Working class whites > Social conditions.
Appalachian Region.
Kentucky.
United States.
Genre: Downloadable e-Books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biography.
Case studies.


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