This enlightening auto-ethnography examines how social class (and other social institutions and
structures) affect how people grow up. Primarily the book investigates how American children
and young adults are impacted by the hidden injuries of class and offers a rich description of
how these injuries manifest and curdle later in life. Thomas J. Gorman provides sociological
explanations for the phenomenon of the so-called angry white man and engages with this
phenomenon as it relates to the rise of recent populist political figures such as Donald J.
Trump. He also examines how and why white working class people tend to lash out at the wrong
social forces and support political action that works against their own interests. Finally the
book demonstrates the connections between working-class attitudes toward schooling sports
politics and economics.
