Small-town America : finding community, shaping the future /
Wuthnow, Robert,
Small-town America : finding community, shaping the future / Robert Wuthnow. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xvii, 498 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781400846498
Cities and towns--United States.
Communities--United States.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Electronic Books.
HT123 / .S635 2013
Small-town America : finding community, shaping the future / Robert Wuthnow. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xvii, 498 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781400846498
Cities and towns--United States.
Communities--United States.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Electronic Books.
HT123 / .S635 2013