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"A history of the class system in America from the colonial era to the present illuminates the crucial legacy of the underprivileged white demographic, citing the pivotal contributions of lower-class white workers in wartime, social policy, and the rise of the Republican Party,"--NoveList.
3) The East End
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Corey Halpern, a local high schooler from a troubled home, is desperate to leave the Hamptons. His last summer before college, he settles for the escapism he finds in breaking into the neighboring mansions. But one night he breaks into the wrong home at the wrong time: the Sheffield estate, where he and his mother work, and sees billionaire Leo Sheffield arrive unexpectedly with his lover. After a shocking poolside accident, everything depends on...
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"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories...
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