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The forgotten : how the people of one Pennsylvania county elected Donald Trump and changed America

Title
  1. The forgotten : how the people of one Pennsylvania county elected Donald Trump and changed America / Ben Bradlee Jr.
Published by
  1. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
  2. ©2018
Format
  1. Book/text
Author
  1. Bradlee, Ben, Jr

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Description
  1. vii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
  1. "The people of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voted Democratic for decades, until Donald Trump flipped it in 2016. What happened? In [this book], Ben Bradlee Jr. reports on how voters in Luzerne County, a pivotal county in a crucial swing state, came to feel like strangers in their own land--marginalized by flat or falling wages, rapid demographic change, and a liberal culture that mocked their faith and patriotism. Fundamentally rural and struggling with limited opportunity, Luzerne County can be seen as a microcosm of the nation. In The Forgotten, Trump voters speak for themselves, explaining how they felt others were 'cutting in line' and that the federal government was taking too much money from the employed and giving it to the idle. The loss of breadwinner status, and more importantly, the loss of dignity, primed them for a candidate like Donald Trump. The political facts of a divided America are stark, but the stories of the men, women and families in The Forgotten offer a kaleidoscopic and fascinating portrait of the complex on-the-ground political reality of America today."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Trump, Donald, 1946-
  2. 2000-2099
  3. Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
  4. Political culture -- United States.
  5. Social values -- United States.
  6. Economic history.
  7. Political culture.
  8. Politics and government.
  9. Presidents -- Election.
  10. Social values.
  11. Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
  12. Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
  13. Pennsylvania.
  14. United States.
Contents
  1. Luzerne -- The congressman -- Trump men -- Trump women -- The veteran -- The white nationalist -- The Christian -- The congressman (reprise) -- The Democrats.
Call number
  1. JFE 19-10397
Language
  1. English
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-295).
Author
  1. Bradlee, Ben, Jr., author.
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
LCCN
  1. 2018947607
ISBN
  1. 9780316515733 (hardcover)
  2. 0316515736 (hardcover)
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