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The New York Times Besteller, with a new preface from the author"This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times"This eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." - O, The Oprah Magazine "White Trash will change the way we think about our past and present." - T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer's Trials In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg, #4 on the 2016 Politico 50 list, takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing - if occasionally entertaining - poor white trash.



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