Homeland by Dale Maharidge - ISBN: 9781583226810
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Offers an original and provocative thesis; 9⁄11 was not a genesis, but an amplifier of unease that had long been building in the United States. A complete picture of post 9⁄11 America, Maharidge argues, is not simply a picture, but a portrayal of deep-seated tensions, some going back three decades and more.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2011

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Summary

Homeland is Pulitzer Prize winning author Maharidge’s biggest and most ambitious book yet, weaving together the disparate and contradictory strands of contemporary American society-common decency alongside race rage, the range of dissenting voices, and the roots of discontent that defy political affiliation. Here are American families who can no longer pay their medical bills, who’ve lost high-wage-earning jobs to NAFTA. And here are white supremacists who claim common ground with progressive…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781583226810
ISBN-10:1583226818
Author:Dale Maharidge, Michael Williamson
Publisher:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 August 2011
Weight:419g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

“Maharidge posits that we were a country in peril even before the terrorist attacks, a nation in which many were suffering in dire economic straits … this book is a call for all Americans to examine our beliefs, our anger, our racial prejudices and the economic injustices fueling our unease.” –Los Angeles Times “In Homeland, Maharidge breaks new ground in the genre of 9⁄11 journalism by heading into heartland America. … The tales Maharidge relates expose the synergy between economics and racism in Rust Belt communities, whose residents are the victims of post-industrial collapse and what he describes as a ‘30-year war against the working class.‘” –In These Times

About The Author

Dale Maharidge

When he isn’t crossing the country talking to the people who live here, former newspaper reporter DALE MAHARIDGE has been a visiting professor of journalism at Columbia University and Stanford. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1987-88. He lives in Northern California. MICHAEL WILLIAMSON is a photographer for the Washington Post who, in addition to the Pulitzer Prize he shares with Maharidge, won a second Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the war in Kosovo. His other honors include the World Press Photo and Nikon World Understanding Through Photography awards.

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