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Hillbilly elegy [large print] : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / by J. D. Vance.

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

Summary:

Vance's grandparents were "dirt poor and in love." They got married and moved north from Kentucky to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. Their grandchild (the author) graduated from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving upward mobility for their family. But Vance cautions that is only the short version. The slightly longer version is that his grandparents, aunt, uncle, and mother struggled to varying degrees with the demands of their new middle class life and they, and Vance himself, still carry around the demons of their chaotic family history.<p>Delving into his own personal story and drawing on a wide array of sociological studies, Vance takes us deep into working class life in the Appalachian region. This demographic of our country has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, and Vance provides a searching and clear-eyed attempt to understand when and how "hillbillies" lost faith in any hope of upward mobility, and in opportunities to come.

Record details

  • ISBN: 141049666X
  • ISBN: 9781410496669
  • Physical Description: 381 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D. > Family.
Working class white people > United States > Biography.
Working class white people > United States > Social conditions.
Mountain people > Kentucky > Social conditions.
Social mobility > United States > Case studies.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Genre: Large print books.
Biographies.
Case studies.

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  • 2 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)

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  • 85 current holds with 38 total copies.
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Selma Public Library LP 305.5 Van (Text) 38950611074693 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Checked out 11/12/2024
Alleghany Public Library LP B VANCE (Text) 30664100276218 Adult Large Print Biography Checked out 11/06/2024
Bailey Public Library LTE B VANCE (Text) 540191011095681 Adult Large Print Biography Checked out 11/08/2024
Columbus Library LP 305.56 VAN (Text) 31250200058769 Adult Large Print Nonfiction On holds shelf -
Dobson Community Library LP B VANCE (Text) 30666100306515 Adult Large Print Biography Checked out 11/01/2024
East Asheville Library LP B VANCE (Text) 0020511357681 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Checked out 10/23/2024
Eden Library LP 305.5 V (Text) 31554010140217 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Checked out 11/13/2024
Enka-Candler Library LP B VANCE (Text) 0020511736694 Adult Large Print Nonfiction On holds shelf -
Gibsonville Public Library BIO Vance (Text) 30449000011406 Adult Large Print Biography On holds shelf -
Goldsboro Library LP B VANCE (Text) 40000004612 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Checked out 11/08/2024