{"product_id":"the-insecure-american-how-we-got-here-and-what-we-should-do-about-it-9780520259713","title":"The Insecure American: How We Got Here and What We Should Do about It","description":"Americans are feeling insecure. They are retreating to gated communities in record numbers, fearing for their jobs and their 401(k)s, nervous about their health insurance and their debt levels, worrying about terrorist attacks and immigrants. In this innovative volume, editors Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman gather essays from nineteen leading ethnographers to create a unique portrait of an anxious country and to furnish valuable insights into the nation's possible future. With an incisive foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, the contributors draw on their deep knowledge of different facets of American life to map the impact of the new economy, the \"war on terror,\" the \"war on drugs,\" racial resentments, a fraying safety net, undocumented immigration, a health care system in crisis, and much more. In laying out a range of views on the forces that unsettle us, \u003ci\u003eThe Insecure American\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the singular power of an anthropological perspective for grasping the impact of corporate profit on democratic life, charting the links between policy and vulnerability, and envisioning alternatives to life as an insecure American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-138147\"\u003eHugh Gusterson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.46w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520259713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520259718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC002010\"\u003eAnthropology | Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Gusterson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNuclear Rites\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with Besteman) of \u003ci\u003eWhy America's Top Pundits Are Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, both from UC Press. \u003cb\u003eCatherine Besteman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at Colby College and the author of \u003ci\u003eTransforming Capetown\u003c\/i\u003e (UC Press).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44537377423597,"sku":"9780520259713","price":58.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f708c7cd-3f98-4cb2-ba53-a77c5831551f.jpg?v=1701441870","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-insecure-american-how-we-got-here-and-what-we-should-do-about-it-9780520259713","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}