4e de couv.: Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volu…
Contains essays from nineteen ethnographers that depict an anxious American public, discussing concerns over the economy, terrorist attacks, immigration, drugs, racism, and other possibly distressing current issues.
Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volume, editors H…