Introduction : Fables we forget by
pt. 1. To begin the world anew. Taking out the trash : waste people in the New World ; John Locke's Lubberland : the settlements of Carolina and Georgia ; Benjamin Franklin's American breed : the demographics of mediocrity ; Thomas Jefferson's rubbish : a curious topography of class ; Andrew Jackson's cracker country : the squatter as common man
pt. 2. Degeneration of the American Breed. Pedigree and poor white trash : bad blood, half-breeds and clay-eaters ; Cowards, poltroons, and mudsills : civil war as class warfare ; Thoroughbreds and scalawags : bloodlines and bastard stock in the age of eugenics ; Forgotten men and poor folk : downward mobility and the Great Depression ; The cult of the country boy : Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, and LBJ's Great Society
pt. 3. The white trash makeover. Redneck roots : Deliverance, Billy Beer, and Tammy Faye ; Outing Rednecks : slumming, Slick Willie, and Sarah Palin
America's strange breed : the long legacy of white trash.
From the Audiobook CD - Unabridged.
Introduction : Fables we forget by
pt. 1. To begin the world anew. Taking out the trash : waste people in the New World
John Locke's Lubberland : the settlements of Carolina and Georgia
Benjamin Franklin's American breed : the demographics of mediocrity
Thomas Jefferson's rubbish : a curious topography of class
Andrew Jackson's cracker country : the squatter as common man
pt. 2. Degeneration of the American Breed. Pedigree and poor white trash : bad blood, half-breeds and clay-eaters
Cowards, poltroons, and mudsills : civil war as class warfare
Thoroughbreds and scalawags : bloodlines and bastard stock in the age of eugenics
Forgotten men and poor folk : downward mobility and the Great Depression
The cult of the country boy : Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, and LBJ's Great Society
pt. 3. The white trash makeover. Redneck roots : Deliverance, Billy Beer, and Tammy Faye
Outing Rednecks : slumming, Slick Willie, and Sarah Palin
America's strange breed : the long legacy of white trash.
