Tightrope Americans reaching for hope
A plea -- deeply personal and told through the lives of real Americans -- to address the crisis in working-class America, while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure.
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Alfred A. Knopf,
2020.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kristof, Nicholas D., |d 1959- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tightrope : |b Americans reaching for hope / |c Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2020. | |
| 300 | |a 304 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a A plea -- deeply personal and told through the lives of real Americans -- to address the crisis in working-class America, while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The kids on the number 6 school bus -- "We're no. 61!" -- When jobs disappear -- American aristocracy -- How America went astray -- Drug dealers in lab coats -- Losing the war on drugs -- Up by the bootstraps -- Deaths of despair -- Interventions that work -- Universal health care: one day, one town -- Homeless in a rich nation -- The escape artists -- A shot in the face -- God save the family -- The marriage of true minds -- We eat our young -- Raising troubled kids -- Creating more escape artists -- America regained -- Appendix: Ten steps you can take in the next ten minutes to make a difference. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Poor |z United States |x Social conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 1980-2020. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Economic conditions |y 2009- | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Working class |z United States |x Social conditions. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Informational works. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Case studies. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a WuDunn, Sheryl, |d 1959- |e author. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- author. |t Tightrope |d New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] |z 9780525655091 |w (DLC) 2019015690 |
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