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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dunkelman, Marc J.     Subjects     Communities -- United States.     Community life -- United States.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dunkelman, Marc J.       by title:      The vanishing neighb...       by call number:      307.0973 D919v     Search the Web     Dunkelman, Marc J.     Communities -- United States.     Community life -- United States.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Civilization -- 21st century.       MARC Display

The vanishing neighbor : the transformation of American community / Marc J. Dunkelman. by Dunkelman, Marc J. W.W. Norton & Company, [2014] Call #: 307.0973 D919v Subjects Communities -- United States.   Community life -- United States.   United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.   United States -- Civilization -- 21st century. ISBN:  9780393063967 (hc.) 0393063968 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xx, 291 pages ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-274) and index. Contents:  From one Queen City to the next -- Rumblings. The warning ; The third wave ; The Chinatown bus effect ; The big climb ; Conformity comes full circle -- The missing rings. A brief history of American community ; Bands, villages, and tribes ; The search for affirmation ; The missing rings ; Exit Tocqueville ; And now for something completely different -- America explained. Valuable inefficiency ; The roots of deliberation ; The giant sucking sound ; The marshmallow test -- The crisis of American exceptionalism. Summary:  "Identifies an epochal shift in the structure of American life--a shift unnoticed by many. Routines that once put doctors and lawyers in touch with grocers and plumbers--interactions that encouraged debate and cultivated compromise--have changed dramatically since the postwar era. Both technology and the new routines of everyday life connect tight-knit circles and expand the breadth of our social landscapes, but they've sapped the commonplace, incidental interactions that for centuries have built local communities and fostered healthy debate. The disappearance of these once-central relationships lies at the root of America's economic woes and political gridlock"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 307.0973 D919v Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 307.0973 D919v Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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