Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

by Jonathan M. Metzl

Book Overview

A physician's "provocative" (Boston Globe) and "timely" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times Book Review) account of how right-wing backlash policies have deadly consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help.

In election after election, conservative white Americans have embraced politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as physician Jonathan M. Metzl shows in Dying of Whiteness, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541644972
• ISBN13: 9781541644977
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.0"