
Second Class
How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
Paperback | 8 April 2025
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A personal, journalistic ethnography of the modern American working class, based on the travels and interactions of the author through the American heartland.
"Second Classis the most important book you will read all year. A political realignment is coming, and it's my hope that the end result will work in favor of our all-too-neglected American working class. When that realignment comes, Batya and her book will help lead the way."
-Greg Lukianoff, CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and co-author ofThe Coddling of the American Mind
Who is the American working class? Do they still have a fair shot at the American Dream? What do they think about their chances to secure the hallmarks of a middle-class life?
While writing this book, Batya Ungar-Sargon visited states across the nation to speak with members of the American working class who are fighting tooth and nail to survive. In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories-cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives-as well as what policies they think would improve them. Second Class combines deep reporting with a look at the data and expert opinions on America's emergent class divide, in which the most basic elements of a secure and stable life are increasingly out of reach for those without a college education.
America has broken its contract with its laboring class. So, how do we get back to the American Dream? How do we once again become the land of opportunity, the promised land, where hard work and commitment to family are enough to protect you from poverty? It's not that hard actually. All it would take, as this book illustrates, is for those in power to once again respect the dignity of work-and the American worker.
ISBN: 9781641774390
ISBN-10: 1641774398
Available: 8th April 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 225
Publisher: Encounter Books
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.2
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