No Home for You Here
A Memoir of Class and Culture
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208 pages
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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Table of Contents

Contents
Prologue: You Can’t Go Home Again
1 The Era of Big Government is Over
2 White Trash Nation
3 There is No Such Thing as Society
4 The Culture Wars
5 Inheritance
6 Conditions Are Fundamentally Sound
7 Deaths of Despair
Epilogue: The Stories We Tell
References
Acknowledgements
1 The Era of Big Government is Over
2 White Trash Nation
3 There is No Such Thing as Society
4 The Culture Wars
5 Inheritance
6 Conditions Are Fundamentally Sound
7 Deaths of Despair
Epilogue: The Stories We Tell
References
Acknowledgements
Review Quotes
June Ann Jones | Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
"An eye-opening cultural analysis, No Home for You Here shows how the definition of the 'working class' pervading the popular imagination in the past few decades obscures this group’s identity primarily as workers. . . . This refreshingly accessible book tells the very personal and self-reflective tale of how Rensch came to really understand class as Marxists do, as a relation of capitalism. . . . Many readers will see themselves and their loved ones described somewhere in these brutally honest and relatable pages. . . . The personal, nuanced-yet-straightforward understanding of the working class No Home for You Here offers matters for anyone who wants to understand not just US politics as it currently plays out, but also the prospects for an emancipatory politics in the future."
Socialist Standard
"A well-told account of inequality and the lack of social mobility."
H-Socialisms
"Rensch weaves a portrait of his life and that of his family and friends in rural northwest Ohio into the picture of late capitalism and its accompanying neoliberalism."
Bhaskar Sunkara, author of "The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality"
“Rensch tells his story in beautiful prose, and evinces a commitment to humanity, justice, and a different sort of society that is all too rare today.”
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