White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America

Introduction : Fables we forget by

pt. 1. To begin the world anew. Taking out the trash : waste people in the New World

John Locke's Lubberland : the settlements of Carolina and Georgia

Benjamin Franklin's American breed : the demographics of mediocrity

Thomas Jefferson's rubbish : a curious topography of class

Andrew Jackson's cracker country : the squatter as common man

pt. 2. Degeneration of the American Breed. Pedigree and poor white trash : bad blood, half-breeds and clay-eaters

Cowards, poltroons, and mudsills : civil war as class warfare

Thoroughbreds and scalawags : bloodlines and bastard stock in the age of eugenics

Forgotten men and poor folk : downward mobility and the Great Depression

The cult of the country boy : Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, and LBJ's Great Society

pt. 3. The white trash makeover. Redneck roots : Deliverance, Billy Beer, and Tammy Faye

Outing Rednecks : slumming, Slick Willie, and Sarah Palin

America's strange breed : the long legacy of white trash.

Introduction: Fables we forget by

Taking out the trash: Waste people in the New World

John Locke's Lubberland: The settlements of Carolina and Georgia

Benjamin Franklin's American breed: The demographics of mediocrity

Thomas Jefferson's rubbish: A curious topography of class

Andrew Jackson's cracker country: The squatter as common man

Pedigree and poor white trash: Bad blood, half-breeds and clay-eaters

Cowards, poltroons, and mudsills: Civil war as class warfare

Thoroughbreds and scalawags: Bloodlines and bastard stock in the age of eugenics

Forgotten men and poor folk: Downward mobility and the Great Depression

The cult of the country boy: Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, and LBJ's Great Society

Redneck roots: Deliverance, Billy Beer, and Tammy Faye

Outing Rednecks: Slumming, Slick Willie, and Sarah Palin

America's strange breed: The long legacy of white trash.