Strangers in Their Own Land
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Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Afterword Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C
Themes
All Themes Trust, Empathy, and Political Progress Government Regulation and Individual Freedom The Environment and the Economy Capitalism, Media, and Class Conflict Personal Identity and Emotional Self-Interest
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All Characters Arlie Russell Hochschild Donald Trump President Barack Obama Sharon Galicia Mike Schaff Mike Tritico Madonna Massey Lee Sherman Harold Areno Derwin Areno PPG Management Russel Honoré Bob Hardey Sasol Janice Areno Jackie Tabor Donny McCorquodale
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All Terms Empathy Wall The Great Paradox Partyism Deep Story Feeling Rules Nostalgia Structural Amnesia Keyhole Issue Cajun Creole Social Terrain Fracking The American Dream Racism The Structural Squeeze Sympathy Fatigue Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) Class Conflict Precautionary Principle Endurance Self Cosmopolitan self Team Loyalist Worshipper Cowboy Collective Effervescence Emotional Self-Interest Least Resistant Personality The Psychological Program Tea Party Line Cutters Fox News The Green Army The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Strangers in Their Own Land

by

Arlie Russell Hochschild

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The Bayou Corne Sinkhole

The sinkhole that destroyed the town where Mike Schaff was set to retire comes to symbolize the way that environmental devastation swallows up people’s communities, livelihoods, and memories. Schaff was excited to retire in Bayou…

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