160 Results for : underclass
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Summary of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: Key Takeaways & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 48min
Don't miss this summary of J.D. Vance's best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Vance's book offers a thoughtful and introspective look at his hillbilly past, while opining on larger lessons for the poor, white working class as a whole. This SUMOREADS summary offers key takeaways, themes, and analysis to distill Vance's powerful story that is both a personal triumph and a commentary on American society. What will you learn from listening to this book? The struggle that white working-class Americans endured after the implosion of an industrial economy Why the unemployment, poverty, and addiction of the white underclass is self-inflicted How J.D. Vance beat the odds to rise above a despondent poverty-stricken community and live the American Dream How instability and adverse childhood experiences create a vicious cycle of mistrust, violence, and poverty in working class communities How personal choices can counteract cultural inheritance and propel upward mobility The role of social support and cultural exposure in relieving the plight of the white underclass and inner city communities Book Summary Overview In this deeply moving memoir, J.D. Vance draws from his experiences growing up in a poor and socially isolated neighborhood to reveal the plight of the white underclass and show what upward mobility in America takes today. Hillbilly Elegy paints a candid, non-judgmental picture of the beliefs and choices feeding the downward spiral in inner cities and white working class communities in modern America. Vance brings his childhood and youth to life in a no-holds barred account that is as appalling as it is illuminating. Anyone curious about the gradual decline of the white working class will find this memoir an irresistible listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Melissa Disney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092805/bk_acx0_092805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Poverty Safari
Poverty Safari ab 12.99 € als Taschenbuch: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Politik & Gesellschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Poverty Safari
Poverty Safari ab 10.99 € als epub eBook: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Zeitgeschehen,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Court Circus Mess
The Court Circus Mess ab 25.99 € als Taschenbuch: Underclass and Injustice. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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Enhancing Digital Equity
Enhancing Digital Equity ab 59.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Connecting the Digital Underclass. 1st ed. 2020. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Politik & Gesellschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Heliopolis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 617min
Born in a shantytown, Ludo leaves, and returns on the opposite side of its social divide. Now he sells unaffordable products to the underclass into which he was born. He has an obsessive love for his adoptive sister, while her husband is his only friend. This is the story of a man whose destiny controls him and takes him to the brink of madness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave John. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/000538/bk_howe_000538_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Economies of Exclusion
Economies of Exclusion ab 82.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaftswissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Herman's History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min
Herman's busy crawling up out of the underclass, and he can't relax. He's on a knife edge - one false move and the man will send back down into the depths. Then, he gets a break. Uncle Sonny, a psychopathic taxi driver, dies in prison, and Herman inherits his house and car. But Sonny's legacy proves to be poisonous, and Herman finds himself fighting to stop history from repeating itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Kresser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179308/bk_acx0_179308_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Reaper's Touch: The Ripper Legacies, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 438min
London, 1890. William Harkness is summoned to the scene of a grisly murder. The victim is not a woman of the night, nor a member of the underclass. Nonetheless, Harkness is certain the Ripper has resumed his slaughter. He and his men resume the hunt for the infamous killer, but all is not as it seems. William Harkness soon realizes that hunters can also be prey.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Deacon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104650/bk_acx0_104650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Life at the Bottom
Life at the Bottom ab 21.49 € als Taschenbuch: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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