The origin of ‘white trash,’ & why class is still an issue
Clip: 8/16/2016 | 5m 57s
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Nancy Isenberg about her new book, “White Trash.”
In “White Trash,” Nancy Isenberg delves into the history of class in America, starting with British colonization. At that time, America was seen as a wasteland -- a place to discard the idle poor. The agrarian communities they subsequently formed often remained poor due to a phenomenon Isenberg calls “horizontal mobility.” Jeffrey Brown speaks with the author about how we can evolve past class.
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The origin of ‘white trash,’ & why class is still an issue
Clip: 8/16/2016 | 5m 57s
In “White Trash,” Nancy Isenberg delves into the history of class in America, starting with British colonization. At that time, America was seen as a wasteland -- a place to discard the idle poor. The agrarian communities they subsequently formed often remained poor due to a phenomenon Isenberg calls “horizontal mobility.” Jeffrey Brown speaks with the author about how we can evolve past class.
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