TY - BOOK AU - Hamer,Jennifer ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Abandoned in the heartland: work, family, and living in East St. Louis T2 - The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies AV - HN80.E27 H37 2011eb U1 - 305.5/620977389 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Working class KW - Illinois KW - East Saint Louis KW - African Americans KW - East Saint Louis (Ill.) KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; In America's heartland -- East St. Louisans and their wheels -- Work and meaning in a jobless city suburb -- Hustling, clean and dirty -- "Around here, women never get done workin" -- "Gotta protect my own" -- The cost of abandonment; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10482137 ER -