White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Preface to the Paperback Edition-Introduction

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3-Epilogue

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

How did the politics of class in 16th- and 17th-century England replicate itself in American politics? Does that politics of class continue to thrive?

Describe the association between types of land and people. Why is this relationship significant?

How do American founders, such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, display contradictions in their principles and beliefs? Do later American politicians harbor similar contradictions?