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Habits of the heartland : small-town life in modern America /

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 this work, the author investigates how the residents of Viroqua, Wisconsin, population 4,355, cre...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Macgregor, Lyn Christine, 1973-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Collection:Cornell paperbacks.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Cultures of Community
  • Three Halloweens, three Viroquas
  • The alternatives: a kinder, gentler counterculture
  • The Main Streeters: the busiest people in town
  • The regulars: keeping things simple
  • Playing in the same sandbox?
  • Commerce, Consumption, and Community in Viroqua
  • Beneficent enterprise and Viroquan exceptionalism
  • Retail morality
  • Consumption and belonging in Viroqua.