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Division Street: America
	Author: Studs Terkel Creator: Alex Kotlowitz Publisher: New Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$16.95~~ Buy New: $4.78 You Save: $12.17 (72%) New (27) Used (16) from $4.77 Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 35455 Media: Paperback Edition: 1 Pages: 416 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.2 ISBN: 1595580727 Dewey Decimal Number: 977.311 EAN: 9781595580726 ASIN: 1595580727 Publication Date: April 24, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


Editorial Reviews: Product Description The groundbreaking book that first made Studs Terkel a household name. Division Street: America, Studs Terkel's first book of oral history, established his reputation as America's foremost oral historian and as "one of those rare thinkers who is actually willing to go out and talk to the incredible people of this country" (in the words of Tom Wolfe). Viewing the inhabitants of a single city, Chicago, as a microcosm of the nation at large, Division Street: America chronicles the thoughts and feelings of some seventy people from widely varying backgrounds in terms of class, race, and personal history. From a mother and son who migrated from Appalachia to a Native American boilerman, from a streetwise ex-gang leader to a liberal police officer, from the poorest African Americans to the richest socialites, these unique and often intimate first-person accounts form a multifaceted collage that defies any simple stereotype of America. As Terkel himself put it: "I was on the prowl for a cross-section of urban thought, using no one method or technique….I guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as Rachel Carson sought it in nature." Revealing aspects of people's lives that are normally invisible to most of us, Division Street: America is a fascinating survey of a city, and a society, at a pivotal moment of the twentieth century.

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