Abandoned in the heartland : work, family, and living in East St. Louis / Jennifer F. Hamer.

By:

Hamer, Jennifer [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studiesPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xv, 244 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520950177
0520950178
1283278421
9781283278423
9786613278425
6613278424

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Abandoned in the heartland.DDC classification:

305.5/620977389 22

LOC classification:

HN80.E27 H37 2011eb

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Contents:

In America's heartland -- East St. Louisans and their wheels -- Work and meaning in a jobless city suburb -- Hustling, clean and dirty -- "Around here, women never get done workin" -- "Gotta protect my own" -- The cost of abandonment.

Summary: Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation centre, East St Louis, Illinois is now known for its unemployment, crime and collapsing infrastructure. This book takes us into the lives of the residents of East St Louis to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city.

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"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."

Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation centre, East St Louis, Illinois is now known for its unemployment, crime and collapsing infrastructure. This book takes us into the lives of the residents of East St Louis to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city.