The American Small Town
Author | : John A. Jakle |
Publisher | : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John A. Jakle |
Publisher | : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Wuthnow |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2015-05-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0691165823 |
A revealing examination of small-town life 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 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.
Author | : Norman Crampton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780671846718 |
"A nationwide guide to the best in small-town living"--Cover subtitle.
Author | : Richard R. Lingeman |
Publisher | : Putnam Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
"The history of America is the history of its small towns. For better or worse, small town values, convictions, and attitudes have shaped the psyche of this nation...[This book] chronicles the rise and fall of small towns from the Atlantic to the Pacific and interweaves the story of their development with the main strands of American history..."--inside flap.
Author | : |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
And his poignant, engaging text, grounded in his memories of his own small town upbringing and populated by characters he has met in the course of his work, brings to life the essence of the small town experience.
Author | : David M. Cook |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780060413545 |
Author | : Miles Orvell |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0807837563 |
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life.
Author | : Lyn C. Macgregor |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2013-09-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0801458978 |
Although most Americans no longer live in small towns, images of small-town life, and particularly of the mutual support and neighborliness to be found in such places, remain powerful in our culture. In Habits of the Heartland, Lyn C. Macgregor investigates how the residents of Viroqua, Wisconsin, population 4,355, create a small-town community together. Macgregor lived in Viroqua for nearly two years. During that time she gathered data in public places, attended meetings, volunteered for civic organizations, talked to residents in their workplaces and homes, and worked as a bartender at the local American Legion post. Viroqua has all the outward hallmarks of the idealized American town; the kind of place where local merchants still occupy the shops on Main Street and everyone knows everyone else. On closer examination, one finds that the town contains three largely separate social groups: Alternatives, Main Streeters, and Regulars. These categories are not based on race or ethnic origins. Rather, social distinctions in Viroqua are based ultimately on residents' ideas about what a community is and why it matters. These ideas both reflect and shape their choices as consumers, whether at the grocery store, as parents of school-age children, or in the voting booth. Living with-and listening to-the town's residents taught Macgregor that while traditional ideas about "community," especially as it was connected with living in a small town, still provided an important organizing logic for peoples' lives, there were a variety of ways to understand and create community.
Author | : Robert Wuthnow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wanda Urbanska |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1996-06-24 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0684802236 |
Filled with charts, worksheets, and profiles of folks who've made the move (and love it), Moving to a Small Town is an inspirational guide book dedicated to helping you pinpoint your ideal small town and make your life there work - permanently. Thinking about leaving the city? Or just wishing you could? You're not alone. America is undergoing a rural renaissance, as countless thousands seek a simpler life and a safe, comfortable community in which to start businesses, raise families, and eventually retire.