Hillbilly elegy of the forgotten workingclass men and women part memoir, part historical and analysis. It is an eyeopening journey of the south past, present and future. Anchored in the hometown of South Carolina it illuminates the things that continue to fertilize the soil of one of the worst states in the nation. He traces his fathers life to Martin Luther king and numbered of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. In the dwindling rural black working class many of whom can trace their ancestry back seven generations. In the poetic personal history we are a weekend to the crisis affecting the other forgotten men and women through the media acknowledges. Family members, neighbors and friends. He humanizes the struggles that shaped their lives to gain access to healthcare as the hospitals disappear into to make ends meet as the factories have shut down and to hold onto precious traditions has the towns erode to forge a path forward without succumbing. My vanishing country is al
Anchored in his hometown of denmark, South Carolina, my vanishing country illuminates the pride that continues to fertilize the soil in one of the poorest states of the nation. He traces his fathers life to become a friend of Stokely Carmichael Martin Luther king, and member of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. To explore the plight of the south dwindling world black workingclass. Many of whom can trace ancestry back seven generations. In his poetic personal history where awakened to the crisis affecting the other forgotten men and women whom the media seldom acknowledges. These are his family members, neighbors and friends. He humanizes the struggles that shape their lives to gain access to healthcare as rural hospitals disappear to make ends meet, because the factories have shut down and moved overseas, to hold onto precious traditions as their towns erode. To forge a path forward without succumbing to despair. My vanishing country is also a love letter to fatherhood, to
To be left alone, but now to attach that belief, not simply to escape but to a sense of greater selfrighteousness, a greater sense of american purpose. Overturned in this sense. Rights andof states they return in this sense to local control. S was we will talk about reagan and the new right, a new american right. Then we will talk about the new cold war, the changes in the cold war. Then we will talk about the end of the cold war. We will talk about that in our lecture next week as well. We will talk about early in the cold war and Ronald Reagans role in that as well as mikal gorbachev. Lets start with reagan and the new right. Reagan atave ronald his first job. Really, his second job. His first job was as a lifeguard. His second job, as a radio announcer in des moines, iowa. In des moines, iowa. His career was largely a career in entertainment, not in policy. In entertainment and in radio in and in movies as well. He was born in dixon, illinois, which was a rural town in illinois, a F
In the 1980s represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. He was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. A figure who hope to restore helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way, a more positive perspective. It was not enough to put up or shut up, not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought idealism Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war and disruptions of the 1960s when people were escaping rather than seeking major fundamental changes. He believed now change could be initia
First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. He saw and roosevelt a figure who helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored a sense of can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war but also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s, a