The insecure American
By: edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman.
Contributors: Gusterson, Hugh.; Besteman, Catherine Lowe.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780520259690; 9780520259713
Subjects: Security (Psychology) -- United States; Nationalism -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century; United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Description: Contains essays from nineteen ethnographers that depict an anxious American public, discussing concerns over the economy, terrorist attacks, immigration, drugs, racism, and other possibly distressing current issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.