[The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds.
Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society––where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery...]
About the author: Nancy G. Isenberg is an American historian, and T. Harry Williams Professor of history at Louisiana State University.
Condition: This book is in very good vintage condition. The slip cover has been well maintained and has no scratches or rips in sight. Under the slip cover the book is beautiful and clean. The pages are still held together nicely. See photos for reference.
Dimensions: 6 1\2 inches wide by 9 1/2 inches tall
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