Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis /
J.D. Vance.
- First edition.
- [S.l.] : WILLIAM COLLINS, 2017.
- 264 pages ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 2016. Also published United States of America : HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Aug-2017, 21-Jun-2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.
9780008220563 (paperback)
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Working class--United States. Whites--Social conditions.--United States Economic history. Mountain people--Social conditions. Social mobility. Whites--Social conditions. Working class. Working class whites. Working class whites--Social conditions. Working class whites--United States--Biography. Working class whites--Social conditions.--United States Mountain people--Social conditions.--Kentucky Social mobility--United States--Case studies.
Appalachian Region. Kentucky. United States. Appalachian Region--Anecdotes. Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.