on Bayou Corne Sinkhole, 104-7. 194-97, 301nnl94-97
on environment, 195, 197-23,
on government services, 112-14, 197
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality letter by, 194-95
Louisiana legislature letters by, 194-95
on public employees, 111
on race, 146—47
on Social Security, 112
on Syrian refugees. 219
on taxes, 197
Tea Party and, 145, 198, 199-201
on Trump, 229, 242
Scherer, Glenn, 294nl23
Schor, Juliet, 297nl43
Schultz, Steve, 111
Schwerner, Michael, 2J3
Seafood Advisory, 31-32, 271n31
Frankland on, 32-33
Pittsburgh Plate Glass and, 33-34
seafood industry, 211
seat belts, 185
secession, 219—20
self-service, 70—72
severance taxes, 75
sharecroppers, 208
Sherman, Lee, 25-26
background on, 27-28, 118, 270n27
on climate change, 48
on fish kill, 31-34
on Pittsburgh Plate Glass, 27-29, 151
political views of, 34—35
in RESTORE, 129-30
on Syrian refugees, 218-19
on taxes, 35—36
Tea Party and, 34-37, 239
on Tea Party deep story, 145
Tritico and, 27, 36
Silicon Valley, 236-37
sinkhole, 4-5. See also Bayou Corne Sinkhole
Skipback Bay, 200
Skocpol, Theda, 15, 145-46
Slack, Shirley, 12-13, 16, 240, 250
small business owners, 10, 150-51
Smith, R. B., 88
snowball sampling, 247
social issues, 14. See also political movements
social life
church and, 118-21
deep story and, 135
public services and, 121
social mobility, 298nl50
Social Science Research Council, 9
Social Security, 112
Southeast Flood Control Commission, 200
Southern history, 207-8
civil rights activists and, 212-14
cotton, oil, and, 210-11
1860s, 208-10
Freedom Summer, 212-13
1960s and 1970s, 211-17
secession and, 219-20
taxes and, 268nl5
Southern state Republicans, 11-12
Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, 88
Southwest Louisiana Regional Impact Study, 74, 94-96, 280n74
Southwest Louisiana Task Force for Growth Opportunity, 21
spying, 129-30, 296nl30
Stand Your Ground law, 278n67
state subsidies, 260, 308n235
Stiles, Jon, 252
structural amnesia, 51-52, 108, 131-32
student activity groups, 19-20, 269n20, 305n214
subjective prism, 135
Sulphur, Louisiana, 154—55
swamp, 271n39
sympathy, 139
atigue, 146, 227-28
Syrian refugees, 227
Tea Party on, 218-20
Tabor, Heath, 169-70
Tabor, Jackie, 169, 239
on American Dream, 173—75
background on, 170-71
on church, 175-76
deep story of, 170-75
on environment, 176-78
on industrial pollution, 176—77
on religion, 170, 172-73
on renunciation, 173-79
on Syrian refugees, 219
on taxes, 178
on Trump, 229
TANF. See Temporary Assistance for Need Families
tank farms, 211
tar buggy, 29-30
taxes
corporate income, 75
corruption and, 47—48
Earned Income Tax Credit, 256
under Eisenhower, 7
under Jindal, 75, 231-32
Louisiana tax rankings, 281n75
rift on, 60-61
Schaff on, 197
severance, 75
Sherman on, 35-36
Southern history and, 268nl5
state subsidies, 260, 308n235
Tabor, J., on, 178
Tea Party and, 35, 47
for top earners, 7, 264n7
unaccounted for, 291nl09—110
Tea Party
deep story for, 135-51,227
environment and, 198, 199-201
era, 7-8
on government services, 10-11
honor and, 35, 47
House Tea Party Caucus, 266nl2
identity politics and, 214-15
interviews with advocates of, 16-20
on Jindal, 232
Landry as candidate for, 57-59
in Louisiana, 12, 266nl2
political movements relating to, 207-8, 214-18
on progressive reform, 207
religion and, 35, 47
on Syrian Refugees, 218—20
taxes and, 35, 47
three routes to, 35, 47
on Wall Street, 274n59
Templet, Paul, 73
on jobs, 74, 76-78
on oil, 74, 76-77, 211
on poverty, 77
on psychological program, 77-78
Temporary Assistance for Need Families (TANF), 255-57
Texas Brine
Bayou Corne Sinkhole relating to, 101-2, 104, 105, 107-9, 194-96
insurance companies and, 201
Schaff on, 194-96
tobacco industry, 282n77
total personal income (TPI), 260-61
totems, 226
tourism
Louisiana State Tourist Bureau on, 50-51
oil on, 211
toxic chemical storage depots, 101-2, 198-99, 289nl02, 302nl99
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), 252, 310n252
toxic release totals, 60, 275n60, 275n63, 307n233
ToxMap, 251-53
TPI. See total personal income
TRI. See Toxic Release Inventory
Trinity Baptist, 120-21
Tritico, Mike, 17, 20, 181-82, 248
Areno family and, 45, 118, 237-38
background on, 183, 300nl83
on honor, 189
on I-10 bridge, 184-91
McCorquodale and, 182-91
on precautionary principle, 184—85
in RESTORE, 129-30
Sherman and, 27, 36
on Trump, 239
Tropical Storm Bill, 238
Truman, Harry S., 213
Trump, Donald, 12, 16, 150
Areno, A., on, 229
Areno, H., on, 229
Areno, J., on, 228-29
cultural marginalization relating to, 221-22
deep story and rise of, 221-22, 227
derogatory remarks made by, 227-28
emotions and rise of, 225-28
on EPA, 225
feeling rules and, 227-28
free-market and, 228
Galicia on, 229
generalizations made by, 227-28
government redistribution relating to, 221
identity politics relating to, 229-30
on immigration, 226
at Lakefront Airport rally, 222-28
McCorquodale on, 229, 239
on Muslims, 226
on politically correct speech and ideas, 227-28
protesters against, 223—25, 226
on religion, 226
rise of, 221-30
Schaff on, 229, 242
Tabor, J., on, 229
Tritico on, 239
white male and, 229—30
Twain, Mark, 210
The Twilight of Common Dreams (Gitlin), 214
two notches up thesis, 10-12
undesirable land use, 80-81
unemployment insurance, 142
Universal Placement International (UPI), 273n47
Veblen, Thorstein, 114, 293nll4
victimhood, 131, 190-91, 214, 215-16, 232
Vitter, David, 8, 48, 273n48, 274n60
voter identification patterns, 266nll-12
voting, 212-13
voting records, 59-60
Voting Rights Act, 213
wages
jobs and, 125, 141
90-10 distribution figure on, 149, 298nl49
Wall Street, 10
Occupy Wall Street movement, 16, 149
Tea Party on, 274n59
water contamination, 287n95
in Bayou d'Inde, 28-34, 40-45
in Mississippi River, 62-63, 275n63
water use, 91,95
wealth, 141, 143, 297nl41, 297nl43
welfare
common impressions on, 255-56
spending on, 255, 310n255
women and, 288
Westlake, 85-87, 94-95
cemetery, 20, 87-88, 97
natural gas in, 87
What's the Matter with Kansas? (Frank), 8, 14, 228, 268nl4
white male, 212, 215-16
masculinity and, 202—3
Trump and, 229-30
"Who Turned My Blue State Red?" (MacGillis), 10
Williamson, Vanessa, 15, 145-46
Willows Springs, 46
women
feminist movement, 214
government services and, 188, 300nl88,
race, children, and, 257, 312n257
Republican Women of Southwest Louisiana, 17, 117, 229, 240, 247-48
welfare and, 288
Women Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement (Frankland), 33
Woodard, Colin, 14-15
Woodward, C. Vann, 208
work, 156-60, 165-67. See also jobs workers' strike, 148—49
working-poor rates, 311n256
worry, 188-89, 252-53, 300nnl88-89
worship unification, 226
Yellow Cotton Bay, 200
About the Author
Arlie Russell Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of her generation. She is the author of nine books, including The Second Shift, The Time Bind, The Managed Heart, and The Outsourced Self. Three of her books have been named as New York Times Notable Books of the Year and her work appears in sixteen languages. The winner of the Ulysses Medal as well as Guggenheim and Mellon grants, she lives in Berkeley, California.
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