LEADER 04044nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910806804703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-40278-X 010 $a1-4008-4649-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846498 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017850 035 $a(EBL)1131673 035 $a(OCoLC)837959342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860816 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12327577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860816 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10915537 035 $a(PQKB)10892350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1131673 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001059480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43354 035 $a(DE-B1597)453888 035 $a(OCoLC)979686148 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1131673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10679138 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL471528 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017850 100 $a20121119d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSmall-town America $efinding community, shaping the future /$fRobert Wuthnow 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (519 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-16582-3 311 0 $a0-691-15720-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Figures --$tList of Profiles --$tPreface --$t1- Introduction --$t2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns --$t3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns --$t4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind --$t5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money --$t6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community --$t7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations --$t8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life --$t9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism --$t10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future --$t11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns --$tAfterword --$tMethodology --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aMore 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 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. 606 $aCities and towns$zUnited States 606 $aCommunities$zUnited States 615 0$aCities and towns 615 0$aCommunities 676 $a307.760973 700 $aWuthnow$b Robert$0882687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806804703321 996 $aSmall-town America$93920499 997 $aUNINA