Vance, J. D.,

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)


Vance, J. D.--Family.
Vance family.
Vance family.
Vance, J. D.--Family.
Vance, J. D.


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.


Anecdotes.
Biography.
Case studies.

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