LEADER 04184nam 22007335 450 001 9910456605603321 005 20210114034440.0 010 $a1-283-27842-1 010 $a9786613278425 010 $a0-520-95017-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520950177 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039823 035 $a(EBL)730039 035 $a(OCoLC)747409494 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520635 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11349820 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520635 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10515002 035 $a(PQKB)11594757 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083827 035 $a(DE-B1597)520418 035 $a(OCoLC)1110711597 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520950177 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC730039 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039823 100 $a20200424h20112011 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAbandoned in the Heartland $eWork, Family, and Living in East St. Louis /$fJennifer Hamer 210 1$aBerkeley, CA : $cUniversity of California Press, $d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 244 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aThe George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26931-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tillustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tCHAPTER ONE. In America's Heartland -- $tCHAPTER TWO. East St. Louisans and Their Cars -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Work and Meaning in a Jobless Suburb -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Hustling, Clean and Dirty -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. "Around here, women never get done workin' " -- $tCHAPTER SIX. "Gotta protect my own" -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. The Cost of Abandonment -- $tEpilogue. Obama and East St. Louis -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aUrban poverty, along with all of its poignant manifestations, is moving from city centers to working-class and industrial suburbs in contemporary America. Nowhere is this more evident than in East St. Louis, Illinois. Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation center, East St. Louis is now known for its unemployment, crime, and collapsing infrastructure. Abandoned in the Heartland takes us into the lives of East St. Louis's predominantly African American residents to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city, and jobs, quality schools, and city services disappeared, leaving people isolated and imperiled. Jennifer Hamer introduces men who search for meaning and opportunity in dead-end jobs, women who often take on caretaking responsibilities until well into old age, and parents who have the impossible task of protecting their children in this dangerous, and literally toxic, environment. Illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs showing how the city has changed over time, this book, full of stories of courage and fortitude, offers a powerful vision of the transformed circumstances of life in one American suburb. 410 0$aGeorge Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies. 606 $aWorking class$zEast Saint Louis$zIllinois 606 $aAfrican Americans$zIllinois$zEast Saint Louis 606 $aSociology & Social History$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Conditions$2HILCC 607 $aEast Saint Louis (Ill.)$xSocial conditions$y21st century 607 $aEast Saint Louis (Ill.)$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorking class 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 7$aSociology & Social History 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aSocial Conditions 676 $a305.5/620977389 700 $aHamer$b Jennifer, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01046227 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456605603321 996 $aAbandoned in the Heartland$92472987 997 $aUNINA