Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

William Collins , London, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 264 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A remainder mark on the base of text block. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country. After reading the book I recommend watching the movie. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; 1970s & 80s; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780008220556. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10348. . 9780008220556