![]() ![]() Every page seeks to burst the bubble of American mythology, luring us away from dreamy, ahistorical sentiments of equal opportunity and upward mobility and into the reality of our harsh past: ![]() Isenberg’s writing is crowded with historical detail, exuding that special character of an author who has done more than her fair share of serious scholarship. This is the just one of the lessons we can take away from White Trash, Nancy Isenberg’s sprawling history of America’s white underclass. As the idea that leading America would be somehow simple or easy crumbles before Trump’s eyes, those of us looking on do well to remind ourselves that our present is complicated because we have inherited it from a complicated past. If such a thing as disillusionment is possible inside the skull of Donald Trump, this may be one of those rare weekends in which it is buzzing about. ![]()
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