{"product_id":"strangers-in-their-own-land-anger-and-mourning-on-the-american-right-9781620972250","title":"Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe National Book Award Finalist and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eJason DeParle, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to \u003cem\u003eStrangers in Their Own Land\u003c\/em\u003e to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. 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. As Jedediah Purdy put it in the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives. . . . [Her] attentive, detailed portraits . . . 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArlie Russell Hochschild\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most influential sociologists of her generation. She is the author of nine books, including The Second Shift, The Time Bind, The Managed Heart,  and \u003ci\u003eThe Outsourced Self.\u003c\/i\u003e Three of her books have been named as New York Times Notable Books of the Year and her work appears in sixteen languages. The winner of the Ulysses Medal as well as Guggenheim and Mellon grants, she lives in Berkeley, California\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649233096978,"sku":"9781620972250","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d39181c-5f1e-40ce-bef1-aab27e1fb370.jpg?v=1751363119","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strangers-in-their-own-land-anger-and-mourning-on-the-american-right-9781620972250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}