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Someplace like America : tales from the new Great Depression /

Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael S. Williamson take us to the working-class heart of America, bringing to life the deepening crisis of poverty and homelessness. They follow the lives of several families over 30 years to present an intimate and devastating portrait of workers going jobless.

Основен автор: Maharidge, Dale.
Други автори: Williamson, Michael, 1957-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Berkeley, Calif. ; London, England : University of California Press, ℗♭2011.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=365145
Подобни документи: Print version:: Someplace like America.
Съдържание:
  • Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Someplace Like America: An Introduction; Someplace Like America: An Introduction; Snapshots from the Road, 2009; Snapshots from the Road, 2009; Part 1: America Begins a Thirty-Year Journey to Nowhere: The 1980s; Part 1: America Begins a Thirty-Year Journey to Nowhere: The 1980s; Chapter 1. On Becoming a Hobo; Chapter 1. On Becoming a Hobo; Chapter 2. Necropolis; Chapter 2. Necropolis; Chapter 3. New Timer; Chapter 3. New Timer; Chapter 4. Home Sweet Tent.
  • Chapter 4. Home Sweet TentChapter 5. True Bottom; Chapter 5. True Bottom; Part 2: The Journey Continues: The 1990s; Part 2: The Journey Continues: The 1990s; Chapter 6. Inspiration: The Two-Way Highway; Chapter 6. Inspiration: The Two-Way Highway; Chapter 7. Waiting for an Explosion; Chapter 7. Waiting for an Explosion; Chapter 8. When Bruce Met Jenny; Chapter 8. When Bruce Met Jenny; Part 3: A Nation Grows Hungrier: 2000; Part 3: A Nation Grows Hungrier: 2000; Chapter 9. Hunger in the Homes; Chapter 9. Hunger in the Homes; Chapter 10. The Working Poor: Maggie and Others in Austin.
  • Chapter 10. The Working Poor: Maggie and Others in AustinChapter 11. Mr. Murray on Maggie; Chapter 11. Mr. Murray on Maggie; Part 4: Updating People and Places: The Late 2000s; Part 4: Updating People and Places: The Late 2000s; Chapter 12. Reinduction; Chapter 12. Reinduction; Chapter 13. Necropolis: After the Apocalypse; Chapter 13. Necropolis: After the Apocalypse; Chapter 14. New Timer: Finding Mr. Heisenberg Instead; Chapter 14. New Timer: Finding Mr. Heisenberg Instead; Chapter 15. Home Sweet Tent Home; Chapter 15. Home Sweet Tent Home; Chapter 16. Maggie: "Am I Doing the Right Thing?"
  • Chapter 16. Maggie: "Am I Doing the Right Thing?"Chapter 17. Maggie on Mr. Murray; Chapter 17. Maggie on Mr. Murray; Part 5: America with the Lid Ripped Off: The Late 2000s; Part 5: America with the Lid Ripped Off: The Late 2000s; Chapter 18. Search and Rescue; Chapter 18. Search and Rescue; Chapter 19. New Orleans Jazz; Chapter 19. New Orleans Jazz; Chapter 20. Scapegoats in the Sun; Chapter 20. Scapegoats in the Sun; Chapter 21. The Dark Experiment; Chapter 21. The Dark Experiment; Chapter 22. The Big Boys; Chapter 22. The Big Boys; Chapter 23. Anger in Suburban New Jersey.
  • Chapter 23. Anger in Suburban New JerseyPart 6: Rebuilding Ourselves, Then Taking America on a Journey to Somewhere New; Part 6: Rebuilding Ourselves, Then Taking America on a Journey to Somewhere New; Chapter 24. Zen in a Crippled New Hampshire Mill Town; Chapter 24. Zen in a Crippled New Hampshire Mill Town; Chapter 25. A Woman of the Soil in Kansas City; Chapter 25. A Woman of the Soil in Kansas City; Chapter 26. The Phoenix?; Chapter 26. The Phoenix?; Chapter 27. Looking Forward
  • and Back; Chapter 27. Looking Forward
  • and Back; Coda; Coda; Acknowledgments and Credits.