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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910781207503321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Hamer Jennifer"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Abandoned in the Heartland : Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis / / Jennifer Hamer"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]"]
[{"$nulls":4},"©2011"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-283-27842-1"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786613278425"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-520-95017-8"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (xv, 244 pages) : illustrations"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"305.5/620977389"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Working class - East Saint Louis - Illinois"]
[{"$nulls":4},"African Americans - Illinois - East Saint Louis"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Sociology & Social History"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Social Sciences"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Social Conditions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"East Saint Louis (Ill.) Social conditions 21st century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"East Saint Louis (Ill.) Economic conditions 21st century"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Frontmatter -- Contents -- illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- CHAPTER ONE. In America's Heartland -- CHAPTER TWO. East St. Louisans and Their Cars -- CHAPTER THREE. Work and Meaning in a Jobless Suburb -- CHAPTER FOUR. Hustling, Clean and Dirty -- CHAPTER FIVE. \"Around here, women never get done workin' \" -- CHAPTER SIX. \"Gotta protect my own\" -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Cost of Abandonment -- Epilogue. Obama and East St. Louis -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Urban poverty, along with all of its poignant manifestations, is moving from city centers to working-class and industrial suburbs in contemporary America. Nowhere is this more evident than in East St. Louis, Illinois. Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation center, East St. Louis is now known for its unemployment, crime, and collapsing infrastructure. Abandoned in the Heartland takes us into the lives of East St. Louis's predominantly African American residents to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city, and "]
[{"$nulls":4},"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."]