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Going To Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Description for Going To Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation
Paperback. America is a grotesquely polarized society and becoming more so all the time. This collection of pieces shows how the widening gap between rich and poor over the years has left the country increasingly divided between the gated communities on the one hand, and the trailer parks and tenements on the other. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
America is a grotesquely polarized society and becoming more so all the time. In this razor-sharp, funny and terrifying collection of pieces, Barbara Ehrenreich shows how the widening gap between rich and poor over the past eight years has left the country increasingly divided between the gated communities on the one hand and the trailer parks and tenements on the other. She describes a country where the super-rich travel by private jet, while low-paid workers make multiple bus trips to get to their jobs; where a wealthy minority obsessively consumes cosmetic surgery, while the poor often go without basic health ... Read more
America is a grotesquely polarized society and becoming more so all the time. In this razor-sharp, funny and terrifying collection of pieces, Barbara Ehrenreich shows how the widening gap between rich and poor over the past eight years has left the country increasingly divided between the gated communities on the one hand and the trailer parks and tenements on the other. She describes a country where the super-rich travel by private jet, while low-paid workers make multiple bus trips to get to their jobs; where a wealthy minority obsessively consumes cosmetic surgery, while the poor often go without basic health ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080653
SKU
V9781847080653
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About Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich writes regularly for Time, Harpers, The New York Times Magazine and various British newspapers including The Times and the Guardian. She is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, and, most recently, Dancing in the Streets. . She lives in New Rochelle, New York.
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