2020 American Book Award winner, Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award
Weatherford Award winner, nonfiction
With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion of interest during this period of political turmoil? Why have its ideas raised so much controversy? And how can debates about the book catalyze new, more inclusive political agendas for the region’s future?
Product details
Publisher : West Virginia University Press; First Edition (February 13, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 1946684791
ISBN-13 : 978-1946684790
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.94 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #21,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#9 in Sociology of Rural Areas
#15 in Human Geography (Books)
#142 in U.S. State & Local History
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