![]() ![]() Yet even the most literal thinkers who searched for ways to transform these idle and landless people often fell back on common tropes that took for granted the poor would always be with them and forever be a thorn in their side. That image, however, transformed over the years as people sought new ways to redeem, reform, and re-train these people to perhaps be contributing members of society. From the very beginning, then, the idea of a degraded class inhabiting the geography was central to the American image. ![]() The book begins with the original colonizing goal of the British: to use the new American continent as a “wasteland” for unwanted people. I’ve already mentioned White Trash twice before, but I’ve been meaning to put up a brief review as well. ![]()
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