Good Neighbors : The Democracy of Everyday Life in America /

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The moral principles prescribed for friendship, civil society, and democratic public life apply imperfectly to life around home, where we interact day to day without the formal institutions, rules of conduct, and means of enforcement that guide us in other settings. This work explores how encounters...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenblum, Nancy L. (Nancy Lipton), 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Neighborliness.
Democracy > Social aspects.
Civil society.
Bon voisinage > États-Unis.
Societe civile > États-Unis.
Neighborliness > United States.
Democracy > Social aspects > United States.
Civil society > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The moral principles prescribed for friendship, civil society, and democratic public life apply imperfectly to life around home, where we interact day to day without the formal institutions, rules of conduct, and means of enforcement that guide us in other settings. This work explores how encounters among neighbours create a democracy of everyday life, which has been with us since the beginning of American history and is expressed in settler, immigrant, and suburban narratives and in novels, poetry, and popular culture.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2016.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781400881314

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