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03455aam a2200457 i 4500 001 E34D2330CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 210402t20212021enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021011270 020 $a 1509548246 020 $a 9781509548248 020 $a 1509548238 020 $a 9781509548231 035 $a (OCoLC)1229140889 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d EAU $d KQX $d YDX $d YUS $d OCLCA $d NGU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD8072.5 P38 2021 100 1 $a Pascale, Celine-Marie, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Living on the edge : $b when hard times become a way of life / $c Celine-Marie Pascale. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 295 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. The Lay of the Land -- 2. The Struggling Class -- 3. A Hazardous Life: The High Price of Being Poor -- 4. Sacrifice Zones: The Places We Call Home -- 5. Ordinary Things That Can Only Happen Here -- 6. The Burdens of Prejudice: Class and Race -- 7. The Burdens Women Face -- 8. The Face of A Movement? -- 9. The Myths We Live By -- 10. And Then, The Pandemic... -- 11. The Future We Want. 520 $a "A portrait of struggling America and how it has been left behind"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the Standing Rock and Wind River reservations, and in the bustling city of Oakland, California. Their voices offer a wide range of experiences that complicate dominant national narratives about economic struggles. Yet Living on the Edge is about more than individual experiences. It's about a nation in a deep economic and moral crisis. It's about the long-standing collusion between government and corporations that prioritizes profits over people, over the environment, and over the nation's well-being. It's about how racism, sexism, violence, and the pandemic shape daily experience in struggling communities. And, ultimately, it's a book about hope that lays out a vision for the future as honest as it is ambitious. Most people in the book are not progressives; none are radicals. They're hard-working people who know from experience that the current system is unsustainable. Across the country people described the need for a living wage, accessible health care, immigration reform, and free education. Their voices are worth listening to--back cover. 650 0 $a Working poor $z United States. 650 0 $a Poverty $z United States. 650 0 $a Equality $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 2009- 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1980-2020. 648 7 $a Since 1980 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pascale, Celine-Marie, 1956- $t Living on the edge $d Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021 $z 9781509548255 $w (DLC) 2021011271 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724074726.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020800.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20221012010749.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014136.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E34D2330CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search