Tightrope : Americans reaching for hope

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Label

Tightrope : Americans reaching for hope

Title remainder

Americans reaching for hope

Statement of responsibility

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Creator

• trueKristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

Contributor

• WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-

Author

• trueKristof, Nicholas D., 1959-
• WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-

Subject

• Poor -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• truePoverty
• trueUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
• trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
• trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• trueWorking class
• Working class -- United States -- Social conditions
• trueBlue collar workers
• Case studies
• trueCommunities
• trueLife expectancy

Genre

• trueCase studies

Language

eng

Summary

Through the lives of real Americans, Kristof and WuDunn address the crisis in working-class America, while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. Rural Yamhill, Oregon, prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About one-quarter of the children on Kristof's old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. They are representative of places, from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia. But here too are stories about resurgence, of working-class families needlessly but profoundly damaged as a result of decades of policy mistakes. -- adapted from jacket

Tone

• trueHaunting
• trueImpassioned
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueThoughtful
• trueWell-researched

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 305.562
• 306.0973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HN59.2

LC item number

K75 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult