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keithdt · 07-08-2017, 06:15 PM

Just stumbled on this when checking something in my wishlist. Audible has "Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right" on sale for $4.95. 4.5 rating on Audible. Book has 4.4 rating on Amazon. Hardcover has sales ranking of #914 in all Amazon books. Can't see that its part of any greater sale.

"https://www.audible.com/pd/Nonfiction/Strangers-in-Their-Own-Land-Audiobook/B01N5F3DF6

"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets, among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident - people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children.

Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream - and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in "red" America. Along the way she finds answers to one of the crucial questions of contemporary American politics: Why do the people who would seem to benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?"

07-08-2017, 06:15 PM	#1445
keithdt Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 774284 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Kindle Fire	Strangers in Their Own Land - $4.95 on Audible Just stumbled on this when checking something in my wishlist. Audible has "Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right" on sale for $4.95. 4.5 rating on Audible. Book has 4.4 rating on Amazon. Hardcover has sales ranking of #914 in all Amazon books. Can't see that its part of any greater sale. "https://www.audible.com/pd/Nonfiction/Strangers-in-Their-Own-Land-Audiobook/B01N5F3DF6 "In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets, among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident - people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children. Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream - and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in "red" America. Along the way she finds answers to one of the crucial questions of contemporary American politics: Why do the people who would seem to benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?" Last edited by keithdt; 07-08-2017 at 06:19 PM.