Abandoned in the heartland [electronic resource] : work, family, and living in East St. Louis / Jennifer F. Hamer.

By: Hamer, JenniferContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studiesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: xv, 244 p., [15] p. of plates : illISBN: 9780520950177 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Working class -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis | African Americans -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis | East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century | East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.5/620977389 LOC classification: HN80.E27 | H37 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
In America's heartland -- East St. Louisans and their wheels -- Work and meaning in a jobless city suburb -- Hustling, clean and dirty -- "Around here, women never get done workin" -- "Gotta protect my own" -- The cost of abandonment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In America's heartland -- East St. Louisans and their wheels -- Work and meaning in a jobless city suburb -- Hustling, clean and dirty -- "Around here, women never get done workin" -- "Gotta protect my own" -- The cost of abandonment.

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