04914nam 22010095 450 991081938780332120230126204107.01-283-27842-197866132784250-520-95017-810.1525/9780520950177(CKB)2550000000039823(EBL)730039(OCoLC)747409494(SSID)ssj0000520635(PQKBManifestationID)11349820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520635(PQKBWorkID)10515002(PQKB)11594757(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083827(DE-B1597)520418(OCoLC)1110711597(DE-B1597)9780520950177(MiAaPQ)EBC730039(EXLCZ)99255000000003982320200424h20112011 fg engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbandoned in the Heartland Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis /Jennifer HamerBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]©20111 online resource (xv, 244 pages) illustrationsThe George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-26931-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- CHAPTER ONE. In America's Heartland -- CHAPTER TWO. East St. Louisans and Their Cars -- CHAPTER THREE. Work and Meaning in a Jobless Suburb -- CHAPTER FOUR. Hustling, Clean and Dirty -- CHAPTER FIVE. "Around here, women never get done workin' " -- CHAPTER SIX. "Gotta protect my own" -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Cost of Abandonment -- Epilogue. Obama and East St. Louis -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexUrban poverty, along with all of its poignant manifestations, is moving from city centers to working-class and industrial suburbs in contemporary America. Nowhere is this more evident than in East St. Louis, Illinois. Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation center, East St. Louis is now known for its unemployment, crime, and collapsing infrastructure. Abandoned in the Heartland takes us into the lives of East St. Louis's predominantly African American residents to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city, and jobs, quality schools, and city services disappeared, leaving people isolated and imperiled. Jennifer Hamer introduces men who search for meaning and opportunity in dead-end jobs, women who often take on caretaking responsibilities until well into old age, and parents who have the impossible task of protecting their children in this dangerous, and literally toxic, environment. Illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs showing how the city has changed over time, this book, full of stories of courage and fortitude, offers a powerful vision of the transformed circumstances of life in one American suburb.George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.Working classEast Saint LouisIllinoisAfrican AmericansIllinoisEast Saint LouisSociology & Social HistoryHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCSocial ConditionsHILCCEast Saint Louis (Ill.)Social conditions21st centuryEast Saint Louis (Ill.)Economic conditions21st centuryafrican american culture.american suburbs.changing city.city centers.city services.collapsing infrastructure.contemporary america.courage.crime.dangerous environment.dead end jobs.east st louis.fortitude.illinois.industrial suburbs.isolated city.jobs.protecting children.quality schools.searching for meaning.toxic.unemployment.urban poverty.working class.Working classAfrican AmericansSociology & Social HistorySocial SciencesSocial Conditions305.5/620977389Hamer Jennifer, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1697544DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910819387803321Abandoned in the Heartland4078352UNINA