Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right - Hardcover

by Arlie Russell Hochschild (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTION A NEWSDAY TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump "Arlie Hochschild journeys into a far different world than her liberal academic enclave of Berkeley, into the heartland of the nation's political right, in order to understand how the conservative white working class sees America. With compassion and empathy, she discovers the narrative that gives meaning and expression to their lives–and which explains their political convictions, along with much else. Anyone who wants to understand modern America should read this captivating book." - Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Prof