What's the Matter with White People?: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was

by Joan Walsh

Book Overview

"In this wonderfully insightful book, Joan Walsh shows how America built a large and vibrant (although mostly white) middle class that fueled the greatest economic boom in history and made a reality of the American dream. Hers is the story of postwar America told through a working class New York Irish Catholic family whose political divisions mirrored the nation's. Moving and powerful, her account will help people of all races think through how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118141067
• ISBN13: 9781118141069
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"