A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199314584ISBN-10:199314586UPC:9780199314584Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Social History, AnthropologyBook Topic:21st Century, Cultural & SocialSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCNEFNQ0GT
A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America
At mid-century, Americans increasingly fell in love with characters like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye and Marlon Brando's Johnny in The Wild One, musicians like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, and activists like the members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. These emotions enabled some middle-class whites to cut free of their own histories and identify with those who, while...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199314584ISBN-10:199314586UPC:9780199314584Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Social History, AnthropologyBook Topic:21st Century, Cultural & SocialSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCNEFNQ0GT
Grace Elizabeth Hale is Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940.
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