Strangers In Their Own Land

Zusatztext Praise for Strangers in Their Own Land: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTION NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEWSDAY TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election "[A] smart, respectful and compelling book." Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book Review "[Hochschild's] analysis is overdue at a time when questions of policy and legislation and even fact have all but vanished from the public discourse." Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books "Hochschild moves beyond the truism that less affluent voters who support small government and tax cuts are voting against their own economic interest." O Magazine "By far the best book by an outsider to the Tea Party I have ever encountered . . . a wonderful contribution to the national discourse. Forbes "An entry pass to an alternative worldview, and with it a route map towards empathy." The Economist "Remarkable. . . . Hochschild gives a rich and vivid picture of the emotional and social life . . . in the American South." Sean McCann, The Los Angeles Review of Books "Hochschild comes to know peopleand her own nationbetter than they know themselves" Heather Mallick, The Toronto Star "Up close there is a depth to the concerns of Hochschild's subjects . . . They are concerned about pollution, and about the social decay that we see most vividly in the opioid epidemic. They are aware . . . of facts on the ground." Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker " Strangers in Their Own Land is extraordinary for its consistent empathy and the attention it pays to the emotional terrain of politics. It is billed as a book for this moment, but it will endure." Gabriel Thompson, Newsday [Hochschild's] connection and kindness to the people she meets is what makes this book so powerful. Marion Winik, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives . . . [She] conveys that she genuinely likes the people she meets, communicating their dignity and values . . . . These attentive, detailed portraits . . . reveal a gulf between Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land and a new elite." Jedediah Purdy, The New Republic "The importance of emotion in politics, not just facts and figures, [Hochschild] writes convincingly, is critical to understand...a point politicians of all stripes would be smart to remember." Felice Belman, The Boston Globe "Hochschild has gone about her investigation diligently and with an appealing humility." Karen Olsson, Bookforum "An important contribution to the understanding of our times... Strangers in Their Own Land describes in vivid detail a world that is often ignored or caricatured by the media and by many liberals." The Nation "[Hochschild's] deeply humble approach is refreshing and strengthens her research . . . . She skillfully invites liberal readers into the lives of Americans whose views they may have never seriously considered. After evaluating her conclusions and meeting her informants in these pages, it's hard to disagree that empathy is the best solution to stymied political and social discourse." Publishers Weekly ...

Praise for Strangers in Their Own Land:
**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR NONFICTION
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEWSDAY TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR
A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

One of "6 Books to Understand Trump's Win" according to the New York Times the day after the election

"[A] smart, respectful and compelling book."
Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book Review

"[Hochschild's] analysis is overdue at a time when questions of policy and legislation and even fact have all but vanished from the public discourse."
Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books

"Hochschild moves beyond the truism that less affluent voters who support small government and tax cuts are voting against their own economic interest."
O Magazine

"By far the best book by an outsider to the Tea Party I have ever encountered . . . a wonderful contribution to the national discourse.
Forbes

"An entry pass to an alternative worldview, and with it a route map towards empathy."
The Economist

"Remarkable. . . . Hochschild gives a rich and vivid picture of the emotional and social life . . . in the American South."
Sean McCann, The Los Angeles Review of Books

"Hochschild comes to know peopleand her own nationbetter than they know themselves"
Heather Mallick, The Toronto Star

"Up close there is a depth to the concerns of Hochschild's subjects . . . They are concerned about pollution, and about the social decay that we see most vividly in the opioid epidemic. They are aware . . . of facts on the ground."
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker

"Strangers in Their Own Land is extraordinary for its consistent empathy and the attention it pays to the emotional terrain of politics. It is billed as a book for this moment, but it will endure."
Gabriel Thompson, Newsday

[Hochschild's] connection and kindness to the people she meets is what makes this book so powerful.
Marion Winik, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives . . . [She] conveys that she genuinely likes the people she meets, communicating their dignity and values . . . . These attentive, detailed portraits . . . reveal a gulf between Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land and a new elite."
Jedediah Purdy, The New Republic

"The importance of emotion in politics, not just facts and figures, [Hochschild] writes convincingly, is critical to understand...a point politicians of all stripes would be smart to remember."
Felice Belman, The Boston Globe

"Hochschild has gone about her investigation diligently and with an appealing humility."
Karen Olsson, Bookforum

"An important contribution to the understanding of our times... Strangers in Their Own Land describes in vivid detail a world that is often ignored or caricatured by the media and by many liberals."
The Nation

"[Hochschild's] deeply humble approach is refreshing and strengthens her research . . . . She skillfully invites liberal readers into the lives of Americans whose views they may have never seriously considered. After evaluating her conclusions and meeting her informants in these pages, it's hard to disagree that empathy is the best solution to stymied political and social discourse."
Publishers Weekly

"A well-told chronicle of an ambitious sociological project of significant current importance."
Kirkus Reviews

"If the great political question of our time can be summarized in the two words, 'Donald Trump,' the answer is to be found in Arlie Russell Hochschild's brilliant new book, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. Hochschild, an eminent sociologist with a novelist's storytelling skill, has crafted an absorbing tale full of richly drawn, complicated characters who come bearing their own fascinating histories. Together, in Hochschild's authoritative hands, they offer a compelling and lucid portrait of what had seemed a bewildering political moment. A powerful, imaginative, necessary book, arriving not a moment too soon."
Mark Danner, author of Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

"Arlie Hochschild journeys into a far different world than her liberal academic enclave of Berkeley, into the heartland of the nation's political right, in order to understand how the conservative white working class sees America. With compassion and empathy, she discovers the narrative that gives meaning and expression to their livesand which explains their political convictions, along with much else. Anyone who wants to understand modern Ameri…