Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 498 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691157200
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1400846498
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9780691165820
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9780691157207
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9781400846498
Inhalt:
More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have chosen to join the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to better paying jobs, more convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differently. In Small-Town America, we meet factory workers, shop owners, retirees, teachers, clergy, and mayors--residents who show neighborliness in small ways, but who also worry about everything from school closings and their child
Inhalt:
List of figures -- List of profiles -- Preface -- Introduction -- You have to deal with everybody : the inhabitants of small towns -- Going to be buried right here : how residents view their towns -- Community spirit: small-town identities that bind -- The Frog Pond : making sense of work and money -- Leadership : earning respect, improving the community -- Habits of faith : the social role of small-town congregations -- Contentious issues : the moral sentiments of community life -- Washington is broken : politics and the new populism -- Keep your doors open : shaping the future -- Concluding reflections : community in small towns
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780691157207
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0691157200
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wuthnow, Robert Small-town America Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Sprache:
Englisch
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Mehr zum Autor:
Wuthnow, Robert 1946-
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