CONTENTS
List of Figures
vii
List of Profiles
ix
Preface
xi
1- Introduction
1
2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns
17
3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns
51
4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind
101
5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money
139
6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community
177
7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations
217
8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life
263
9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism
291
10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future
319
11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns
341
Afterword
361
Methodology
365
Notes
391
Selected Bibliography
449
Index
469
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