Division Street America by Studs Terkel
Viewing the inhabitants of a single city, Chicago, as a microcosm of the nation at large, this book chronicles the thoughts and feelings of some seventy people from widely varying backgrounds in terms of class, race and personal history. It is an interesting survey of a city, and a society, at a pivotal moment of the twentieth century.
Praise for Division Street
“Remarkable. . . Division Street astonishes, dismays, exhilarates.”
— The New York Times
“Totally absorbing.”
— The New Yorker
“Reports not only multitudes divided, but the division in ourselves . . . as exciting as a good novel.”
— Nelson Algren
“A cross-section of all that is contained in humanity.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Remarkable. . . Division Street astonishes, dismays, exhilarates.”
— The New York Times
“Totally absorbing.”
— The New Yorker
“Reports not only multitudes divided, but the division in ourselves . . . as exciting as a good novel.”
— Nelson Algren
“A cross-section of all that is contained in humanity.”
— Chicago Tribune
Studs Terkel (1912–2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession; Division Street: America, Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century; Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times; "The Good War": An Oral History of World War II; Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do; The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century; American Dreams: Lost and Found; The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater; Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression; Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith; Giants of Jazz; Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times; And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey; Touch and Go: A Memoir; P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening; and Studs Terkel's Chicago, all published by The New Press. He was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of a Presidential National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a George Polk Career Award, and the National Book Critics Circle 2003 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781595580726 |
| ISBN 10 | 1595580727 |
| Title | Division Street America |
| Author | Studs Terkel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 1993-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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