{"product_id":"this-land-is-their-land-reports-from-a-divided-nation-9780805090154","title":"This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica in the 'aughts--hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the country's most prominent social critics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, Barbara Ehrenreich's widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThis Land Is Their Land\u003c\/i\u003e takes the measure of what we are left with after the cruelest decade in memory and finds lurid extremes all around. While members of the moneyed elite have bought up congressmen, many in the working class can barely buy lunch. While a wealthy minority obsessively consumes cosmetic surgery, the poor often go without health care for their children. And while the Masters of the Universe have thrown themselves into the casino economy, the less fortunate have been fed a diet of morality, marriage, and abstinence. With perfect satiric pitch, Ehrenreich reveals a country scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of wit and generosity, these reports from a divided nation--including new and unpublished essays--confirm once again that Ehrenreich is, as the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e proclaims, \"essential reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805090154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara Ehrenreich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643921658012,"sku":"9780805090154","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_22a463d2-6435-4c46-a502-60eac08e1b8c.jpg?v=1603857539","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-land-is-their-land-reports-from-a-divided-nation-9780805090154","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}