{"product_id":"voices-from-the-rust-belt-9781250162977","title":"Voices from the Rust Belt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Timely . . .  the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance's \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Rust Belt\u003c\/i\u003e address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community ventures, warm refuges for outsiders, and hidden oases of natural beauty. But mainly they are stories drawn from uniquely personal experiences: A girl has her bike stolen. A social worker in Pittsburgh makes calls on clients. A journalist from Buffalo moves away, and misses home.... A father gives his daughter a bath in the lead-contaminated water of Flint, Michigan (from the introduction). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere is America's Rust Belt? It's not quite a geographic region but a linguistic one, first introduced as a concept in 1984 by Walter Mondale. In the modern vernacular, it's closely associated with the Post-Industrial Midwest, and includes Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as well as parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, and New York. The region reflects the country's manufacturing center, which, over the past forty years, has been in decline. In the 2016 election, the Rust Belt's economic woes became a political talking point, and helped pave the way for a Donald Trump victory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the region is neither monolithic nor easily understood. The truth is much more nuanced. \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Rust Belt\u003c\/i\u003e pulls together a distinct variety of voices from people who call the region home. Voices that emerge from familiar Rust Belt cities--Detroit, Cleveland, Flint, and Buffalo, among other places--and observe, with grace and sensitivity, the changing economic and cultural realities for generations of Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250162977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Trubek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112052261045,"sku":"9781250162977","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f5f53ae1-dde4-4ac7-a995-565376755d91.jpg?v=1693927686","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/voices-from-the-rust-belt-9781250162977","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}