![]() ![]() Sometimes, it includes poor whites from elsewhere in the country, such as Maine and California.Īnd, sometimes, she’s not talking about white trash at all, but about the fact that, from the beginning, there was the stratification of classes in the British colonies and then in the new United States. Given its title, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Louisiana State University history professor Nancy Isenberg would seem to be a book about a certain group, or class, in American society.īut, throughout the book, Isenberg adamantly and continually avoids defining that group.Ī lot of times, it’s poor Southern whites, but, at other times, it’s only some poor Southern whites. ![]()
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