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_b.E29 2008
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100 1 _aEhrenreich, Barbara.
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245 1 0 _aThis land is their land :
_breports from a divided nation /
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bMetropolitan Books,
_c2008.
300 _axii, 235 p. ;
_c22 cm.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction --
_g[pt. 1].
_tChasms of inequality --
_tThis land is their land --
_t"Miami Vice" : the class analysis --
_tHome Depot's CEO-size tip --
_tGoing to extremes : CEOs vs. slaves --
_tBanish the bloated overclass --
_gThe
_theating bill from Hell --
_tGot grease? --
_tClass struggle 101 --
_tMinimum wage rises, sky does not fall --
_tCould you afford to be poor? --
_tDesperately seeking stimulus --
_tSmashing capitalism --
_g[pt. 2].
_tMeanness on the rise --
_tPension or penitentiary? --
_tWhere the finger's pointing --
_gThe
_tcheapskate warfare state --
_tAre illegal immigrants the problem? --
_gThe
_tshame game --
_gThe
_tnew Cosby kids --
_tWhat America owes its "illegals" --
_g[pt. 3].
_tStrangling the middle class --
_tFreshpersons, welcome to debt! --
_tParty on --
_tFastest-growing jobs of '06 : are you handy with bedpans and brooms? --
_tYour local news : Dateline Delhi --
_tThat sinking feeling --
_tRecession : who cares? --
_tWhat's so great about gated communities? --
505 0 0 _g[pt. 4].
_tHell day at work --
_tCircuit City slaughter --
_tJetBlue's corporate meltdown --
_tBlood in the chutney --
_tWorkplace bullies --
_tBig (box) brother --
_tInvasion of the cheerleaders --
_tFake your way to the top! --
_tChallenging the workplace dictatorship --
_tGap kids : new frontiers in child abuse --
_tWal-Mart licks its wounds --
_tFrench workers refuse to be "Kleenex" --
_g[pt. 5].
_tDeclining health --
_tWe have seen the enemy, and surrendered --
_tGouging the poor --
_gThe
_thigh cost of doing without universal health care --
_tHealth care vs. the profit principle --
_tChildren deserve veterinary care too --
_tOur broken mental health system --
_tWhat causes cancer : probably not you --
_gA
_tsociety that throws the sick away --
_g[pt. 6].
_tGetting sex straight --
_tFear of restrooms --
_tLet them eat wedding cake --
_tOpportunities in abstinence training --
_tOwning up to abortion --
_tHow banning gay marriage will destroy the family --
_tDo women need Viagra? --
_gA
_tuterus is not a substitute for a conscience --
_tWho's wrecking the family? --
_tBonfire of the princesses --
_g[pt. 7].
_tFalse Gods --
_gThe
_tsecret of mass delusion --
_tWho moved my ability to reason? --
_tAll together now --
_gThe
_tfaith factor --
_tFollies of faith --
_tIs it safe to go back to church? --
_tGod owes us an apology --
_tPostscript :
_tFlee America --
_tAcknowledgments.
520 _aEhrenreich's second work of satirical commentary reflects on one of the cruelest decades in memory--the 2000's--in which she finds a nation scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty.
650 0 _aSocial problems
_zUnited States.
_949884
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008003384-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2008003384-d.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2008003384.html
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