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UNINA9910779412703321 |
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Wuthnow Robert |
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Small-town America [[electronic resource] ] : finding community, shaping the future / / Robert Wuthnow |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
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1-299-40278-X |
1-4008-4649-8 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (519 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - United States |
Communities - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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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 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 children's futures to the ups and downs of the local economy. Drawing on more than seven hundred in-depth interviews in hundreds |
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of towns across America and three decades of census data, Robert Wuthnow shows the fragility of community in small towns. He covers a host of topics, including the symbols and rituals of small-town life, the roles of formal and informal leaders, the social role of religious congregations, the perception of moral and economic decline, and the myriad ways residents in small towns make sense of their own lives. Wuthnow also tackles difficult issues such as class and race, abortion, homosexuality, and substance abuse. Small-Town America paints a rich panorama of individuals who reside in small communities, finding that, for many people, living in a small town is an important part of self-identity. |
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UNINA9910826072803321 |
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Autore |
Bronson Rachel |
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Thicker than oil : America's uneasy partnership with Saudi Arabia / / Rachel Bronson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-53411-7 |
0-19-972888-7 |
1-4294-0408-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p. ) : ill., map, ports |
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United States Foreign relations Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia Foreign relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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"A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index. |
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Oil, God and real estate -- Dropping anchors in the Middle East -- An Islamic pope -- Shifting sands -- Double, double, oil and trouble -- "A new and glorious chapter" -- Mobilizing religion -- Begin or Reagan -- "We support some, they support some" -- The Cold War ends with a bang -- Parting ways -- September 11 and beyond -- Reconfiguring the U.S.-Saudi strategic partnership. |
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Rachel Bronson analyses the sometimes rocky partnership between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and the problems that it has spawned in this history of U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia. She discusses the potential long-term repercussions of allowing the alliance to deteriorate in today's battle against global terrorism. |
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