Small-Town America : : Finding Community, Shaping the Future / / Robert Wuthnow.
More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (520 p.) :; 40 line illus. 11 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Profiles
- Preface
- 1- Introduction
- 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns
- 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns
- 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind
- 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money
- 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community
- 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations
- 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life
- 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism
- 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future
- 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns
- Afterword
- Methodology
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index