White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

by Nancy Isenberg

Book Overview

The New York Times Bestseller, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143129678
• ISBN13: 9780143129677
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

If you can get past the title it’s well worth your time

I listened to this book over a vacation drive and was hugely impressed by the history of European elites abusing the white working class throughout their entire history, subjecting them to forced sterilizations and deportations and land displacement as well as enlisting them for elitist wars.