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The insecure American : how we got here and what we should do about it, edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
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- Summary
- Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volume, editors Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman gather essays from nineteen leading ethnographers to create a unique portrait of an anxious country and to furnish valuable insights into the nation's possible future. With an incisive foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, the contributors draw on their deep knowledge of different facets o
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- A nation of gated communities / Setha M. Low
- Warmaking as the American way of life / Catherine Lutz
- Republic of fear : the rise of punitive governance in America / Roger N. Lancaster
- Neoliberalism, or the bureaucratization of the world / David Graeber
- The age of Wal-Mart / Jane L. Collins
- Deindustrializing Chicago : a daughter's story / Christine J. Walley
- Racism, risk, and the new color of dirty jobs / Lee D. Baker
- Normal insecurities, healthy insecurities / Joseph Dumit
- Cultivating insecurity : how marketers are commercializing childhood / Juliet B. Schor
- Uneasy street / T.M. Luhrmann
- Body and soul : profits from poverty / Brett Williams
- Useless suffering : the war on homeless drug addicts / Philippe Bourgois
- Walling out immigrants / Peter Kwong
- Compounding insecurity : what the neocon core reveals about America today / Janine R. Wedel
- Deploying law as a weapon in America's war on terror / Susan F. Hirsch
- Death and dying in anxious America / Nancy Scheper-Hughes
- Get religion / Susan Harding
- Isbn
- 9780520945081
- Label
- The insecure American : how we got here and what we should do about it
- Title
- The insecure American
- Title remainder
- how we got here and what we should do about it
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Subject
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- 2000-2099
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century
- Innere Sicherheit
- Nationalism
- Nationalism -- United States
- Nationalismus
- Politics and government
- Security (Psychology)
- Security (Psychology) -- United States
- Social conditions
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volume, editors Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman gather essays from nineteen leading ethnographers to create a unique portrait of an anxious country and to furnish valuable insights into the nation's possible future. With an incisive foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, the contributors draw on their deep knowledge of different facets o
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- CN3GA
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Gusterson, Hugh
- Besteman, Catherine Lowe
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- United States
- United States
- Security (Psychology)
- Nationalism
- HISTORY
- Nationalism
- Politics and government
- Security (Psychology)
- Social conditions
- United States
- Nationalismus
- Innere Sicherheit
- USA
- Label
- The insecure American : how we got here and what we should do about it, edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- A nation of gated communities / Setha M. Low -- Warmaking as the American way of life / Catherine Lutz -- Republic of fear : the rise of punitive governance in America / Roger N. Lancaster -- Neoliberalism, or the bureaucratization of the world / David Graeber -- The age of Wal-Mart / Jane L. Collins -- Deindustrializing Chicago : a daughter's story / Christine J. Walley -- Racism, risk, and the new color of dirty jobs / Lee D. Baker -- Normal insecurities, healthy insecurities / Joseph Dumit -- Cultivating insecurity : how marketers are commercializing childhood / Juliet B. Schor -- Uneasy street / T.M. Luhrmann -- Body and soul : profits from poverty / Brett Williams -- Useless suffering : the war on homeless drug addicts / Philippe Bourgois -- Walling out immigrants / Peter Kwong -- Compounding insecurity : what the neocon core reveals about America today / Janine R. Wedel -- Deploying law as a weapon in America's war on terror / Susan F. Hirsch -- Death and dying in anxious America / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Get religion / Susan Harding
- Control code
- ocn816496975
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520945081
- Lccn
- 2009015363
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/cttt0bxf
- 532292b1-9c8a-41c0-9c54-4f67bfc5df95
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816496975
- Label
- The insecure American : how we got here and what we should do about it, edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A nation of gated communities / Setha M. Low -- Warmaking as the American way of life / Catherine Lutz -- Republic of fear : the rise of punitive governance in America / Roger N. Lancaster -- Neoliberalism, or the bureaucratization of the world / David Graeber -- The age of Wal-Mart / Jane L. Collins -- Deindustrializing Chicago : a daughter's story / Christine J. Walley -- Racism, risk, and the new color of dirty jobs / Lee D. Baker -- Normal insecurities, healthy insecurities / Joseph Dumit -- Cultivating insecurity : how marketers are commercializing childhood / Juliet B. Schor -- Uneasy street / T.M. Luhrmann -- Body and soul : profits from poverty / Brett Williams -- Useless suffering : the war on homeless drug addicts / Philippe Bourgois -- Walling out immigrants / Peter Kwong -- Compounding insecurity : what the neocon core reveals about America today / Janine R. Wedel -- Deploying law as a weapon in America's war on terror / Susan F. Hirsch -- Death and dying in anxious America / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Get religion / Susan Harding
- Control code
- ocn816496975
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520945081
- Lccn
- 2009015363
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/cttt0bxf
- 532292b1-9c8a-41c0-9c54-4f67bfc5df95
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)816496975
Subject
- 2000-2099
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century
- Innere Sicherheit
- Nationalism
- Nationalism -- United States
- Nationalismus
- Politics and government
- Security (Psychology)
- Security (Psychology) -- United States
- Social conditions
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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