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having not read the book in question, i can’t speak to their findings, but i found this an excellent and persuasive advertisement for it.

An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overduenewrepublic.com We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.

Saying that their critics -- whose books they cite -- write about one subset of their findings for general-interest publications but whisper about other things in academic panels is a pretty damn good takedown.