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Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country by Finnegan, William

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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780679448709
Book Title
Cold New World : Growing Up in a Harder Country
Item Length
9.6in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
1998
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.5in
Author
William Finnegan
Genre
Social Science
Topic
Sociology / General, Poverty & Homelessness
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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In this groundbreaking work of social journalism, a spotlight is cast on a population we find it easy, or convenient, to overlook. "While the national economy has been growing, the economic prospects of most Americans have been dimming," William Finnegan writes. "A new American class structure is being born--one that is harsher, in many ways, than the one it is replacing. Some people are thriving in it, of course. This book is about some families who are not. More particularly, it's about their children who are teenagers and young adults, about their lives and times, how they speak and act as they try to find their way in this cold new world. Finnegan spent time with families in four communities across America and became an intimate observer of the lives revealed in these beautifully rendered portraits: A fifteen-year-old drug dealer in blighted New Haven, Connecticut. A sleepy Texas town transformed when crack arrives. Mexican American teenagers in Washington State, unable to relate to their immigrant parents and trying to find an identity in gangs. Jobless young white supremacists in a downwardly mobile L.A. suburb. This is a book about race, class, and social change that never loses sight of its subjects' humanity. The kids in these pages are complex, multifaceted individuals, alternately sympathetic and frustrating, as richly drawn and compelling as characters in a novel. At the same time, Finnegan's journalism goes beyond reportage as he lays bare the economic trends and political decisions that have created this harsher America-- a country where inequality and cultural alienation grow at a dangerous pace. Important, powerful, and compassionate, Cold New World gives us an unforgettable look into a present that presages our future.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679448705
ISBN-13
9780679448709
eBay Product ID (ePID)
856360

Product Key Features

Book Title
Cold New World : Growing Up in a Harder Country
Author
William Finnegan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Poverty & Homelessness
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv1431.F56 1998
Reviews
"A gripping narrative . . . Finnegan's real achievement is to attach identities to the steady stream of faceless statistics that tell us America's social problems are more serious than we want to believe."--The Washington Post "For years, Bill Finnegan, a masterful reporter, has immersed himself in the world of the young and the lost. The reports he brings from four corners of the country, four desperate corners, will tell you more about the drug problem and more about what ails America than any other book I know of. Cold New World is chilling and dark, but it also vibrates with life."--David Remnick From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-045927
Dewey Decimal
305.235/0973
Dewey Edition
21

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