Hillbilly elegy :

Vance, J. D.

Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / J.D. Vance. - First edition. - 264 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-264).

Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

9780062300546 0062300547

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Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D.--Family.


Working class whites--United States--Biography.
Working class whites--Social conditions.--United States
Mountain people--Social conditions.--Kentucky
Social mobility--United States--Case studies.


Appalachian Region--Economic conditions

HD8073.V37 / A3 2016

305.5/62092 B