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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Zoellner, Tom.     Subjects     Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970- -- Assassination attempt, 2011.     Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-     Political culture -- Arizona.     Political culture -- United States.     Arizona -- Politics and government -- 21st century.     Arizona -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     Arizona -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.     Arizona -- Civilization -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Zoellner, Tom.       by title:      A Safeway in Arizona...         MARC Display

A Safeway in Arizona : what the Gabrielle Giffords shooting tells us about the Grand Canyon State and life in America / Tom Zoellner. by Zoellner, Tom. New York : Viking, 2011. Subjects Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970- -- Assassination attempt, 2011.   Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-   Political culture -- Arizona.   Political culture -- United States.   Arizona -- Politics and government -- 21st century.   Arizona -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   Arizona -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.   Arizona -- Civilization -- 21st century. ISBN:  9780670023202 (hc) : 0670023205 (hc) Description:  276 p. ; 22 cm. Contents:  The Safeway -- Reinvention -- The countryside -- Selling the village -- Citizenship -- The influencing machine -- It all plays in -- "I am Arizona" -- Immigrants, guns, and fear -- The men from nowhere -- A better place. Requests:  0 Summary:  This book is an account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootings. On January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet-and-greet held by U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left six people dead and eighteen injured, including Giffords, whom he shot in the head. The author, a fifth generation Arizonan and longtime friend of Giffords's and a field organizer on her Congressional campaign, uses the tragedy as a jumping-off point to expose the fault lines in Arizona's political and socioeconomic landscape that allowed this to happen. He discusses the harmful political rhetoric, the inept state government, the lingering effects of the housing market's boom and bust, the proliferation and accessibility of guns, the lack of established communities, and the hysteria surrounding issues of race and immigration. He offers a revealing portrait of the Southwestern state at a critical moment in history, and as a symbol of the nation's discontents and uncertainties. Ultimately, it is his rallying cry for a saner, more civil way of life.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 328.73092 Zo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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