From the One-Mule Tenant Farmer to the Hillbilly Highway: How Librarians Can Support the White Working Class

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

doi:10.1086/692302

From the One-Mule Tenant Farmer to the Hillbilly Highway: How Librarians Can Support the White Working Class

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

University of South Florida

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Abstract

The following article presents an overview of the poverty and dispossession of the white working class in the twenty-first century. It explores the manner in which librarians’ diminished connection to labor and denigration of Trump voters are combining to erode the library mission of service to all. It concludes with suggestions for reconnection and renewal.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Library Quarterly
Volume	87
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/692302
State	Published - Jul 1 2017

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From the One-Mule Tenant Farmer to the Hillbilly Highway: How Librarians Can Support the White Working Class

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