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Author:

Metzl, Jonathan, 1964-

Title:

Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland / Jonathan M. Metzl.

Edition:

1st trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 349 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Medical policy--United States.
Public health--United States.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Racism--Political aspects--United States.
Whites--Health and hygiene--United States.
Whites--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Tennessee.
Missouri.
Kansas.
Medical policy--United States.
Public health--United States.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Racism--United States--Political aspects.
Whites--Health and hygiene.
Whites--Social conditions.
Tennessee.
Missouri.
Kansas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-337) and index.

Summary:

"Examines how racial resentment has fueled pro-gun laws in Missouri, resistance to the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and cuts to schools and social services in Kansas; shows the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever-greater risk of sickness and death"--Amazon.

ISBN:

1541644972
9781541644977

Locations:

VOPB384 -- Conrad Public Library (Conrad)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)