One of the many reasons to read this book is the insight it provides into the worldviews of millions of Americans who supported Trump, even while acknowledging his defects. The paperback edition features a new afterword by the author reflecting on the election of Donald Trump and the other events that have unfolded both in Louisiana and around the country since the hardcover edition was published, and also includes a readers' group guide at the back of the book. Arlie Hochschild must have finalized the manuscript of Strangers in Their Own Land by mid-2016, yet she is eerily prescient about the rise of Donald Trump. reveal a gulf between Hochchild's 'strangers in their own land' and a new elite." Already a favorite common read book in communities and on campuses across the country and called "humble and important" by David Brooks and "masterly" by Atul Gawande, Hochschild's book has been lauded by Noam Chomsky, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, and countless others. As Jedediah Purdy put it in the New Republic, "Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives. Arlie Hochschild, one of the most influential sociologists of her generation, had spent the preceding five years immersed in the community around Lake Charles, Louisiana, a Tea Party stronghold. When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book Review This is a smart, respectful and compelling book." "A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump
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