The Great Divide: Second Thoughts On The American Dream
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark work of oral history and social commentary, The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream chronicles the fractured state of American society through the voices of ordinary citizens grappling with the promises and failures of the nation's founding ideals. Studs Terkel, a master of the interview form, presents a sweeping mosaic of perspectives gathered from across the country — farmers, factory workers, politicians, and professionals — each illuminating the widening chasm between the haves and have-nots in Reagan-era America. With his signature warmth and journalistic precision, Terkel allows his subjects to speak for themselves, and in doing so, uncovers the deep anxieties, quiet resilience, and simmering contradictions that define life on both sides of the economic and cultural divide. The result is a powerful, humanizing portrait of a nation at a crossroads, rendered in the raw, unfiltered language of the people who lived it.
Author: Studs Terkel
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, Pantheon Books
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark work of oral history and social commentary, The Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the American Dream chronicles the fractured state of American society through the voices of ordinary citizens grappling with the promises and failures of the nation's founding ideals. Studs Terkel, a master of the interview form, presents a sweeping mosaic of perspectives gathered from across the country — farmers, factory workers, politicians, and professionals — each illuminating the widening chasm between the haves and have-nots in Reagan-era America. With his signature warmth and journalistic precision, Terkel allows his subjects to speak for themselves, and in doing so, uncovers the deep anxieties, quiet resilience, and simmering contradictions that define life on both sides of the economic and cultural divide. The result is a powerful, humanizing portrait of a nation at a crossroads, rendered in the raw, unfiltered language of the people who lived it.