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Title	The left behind : decline and rage in rural America / Robert Wuthnow.
Author	Wuthnow, Robert,
Publication Info.	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Description	192 pages ; 23 cm
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BEDFORD/Adult	306.0973/Wut	AVAILABLE
BELMONT/BEECH ST/Adult	307.72 WUT	STORAGE
BROOKLINE/COOLIDGE CORNER/Adult	306 Wuthnow 2018	AVAILABLE
CAMBRIDGE/Adult	306.0973 Wuthnow	AVAILABLE
CONCORD/Adult	306.0973 Wuthnow	AVAILABLE
FRAMINGHAM/Adult	304.6 Wuthnow	AVAILABLE
HOLLISTON/Adult	306.0973 Wuthnow	AVAILABLE
LEXINGTON/Adult	307.72 W	AVAILABLE
MAYNARD/Adult	306.0973 Wuthnow	AVAILABLE
NEWTON/Adult	306.097 W96L 2018	AVAILABLE

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ISBN	9780691177663 hardcover ; alkaline paper
	069117766X hardcover ; alkaline paper
Standard No.	14828966
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Communities -- Present dangers -- Makeshift solutions -- Washington's broken -- Moral decline -- Bigotry.
Summary	What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Robert Wuthnow brings us into America's small towns, farms, and rural communities to paint a rich portrait of the moral order--the interactions, loyalties, obligations, and identities--underpinning this critical segment of the nation. Wuthnow demonstrates that to truly understand rural Americans' anger, their culture must be explored more fully. We hear from farmers who want government out of their business, factory workers who believe in working hard to support their families, town managers who find the federal government unresponsive to their communities' needs, and clergy who say the moral climate is being undermined. Wuthnow argues that rural America's fury stems less from specific economic concerns than from the perception that Washington is distant from and yet threatening to the social fabric of small towns. Rural dwellers are especially troubled by Washington's seeming lack of empathy for such small-town norms as personal responsibility, frugality, cooperation, and common sense. Wuthnow also shows that while these communities may not be as discriminatory as critics claim, racism and misogyny remain embedded in rural patterns of life. Moving beyond simplistic depictions of the residents of America's heartland, The Left Behind offers a clearer picture of how this important population will influence the nation's political future.
	Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? Beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Wuthnow brings us into America's small towns, farms, and rural communities so we can hear from farmers who want government out of their business, factory workers who believe in working hard to support their families, town managers who find the federal government unresponsive to their communities' needs, and clergy who say the moral climate is being undermined. Wuthnow shows how this important population will influence the nation's political future. -- adapted from jacket.
Subject	Sociology, Rural -- United States.
	Political culture -- United States.
	Social values -- United States.
OCLC/Vendor #	1004935165

ISBN	9780691177663 hardcover ; alkaline paper
	069117766X hardcover ; alkaline paper
Standard No.	14828966
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Communities -- Present dangers -- Makeshift solutions -- Washington's broken -- Moral decline -- Bigotry.
Summary	What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Robert Wuthnow brings us into America's small towns, farms, and rural communities to paint a rich portrait of the moral order--the interactions, loyalties, obligations, and identities--underpinning this critical segment of the nation. Wuthnow demonstrates that to truly understand rural Americans' anger, their culture must be explored more fully. We hear from farmers who want government out of their business, factory workers who believe in working hard to support their families, town managers who find the federal government unresponsive to their communities' needs, and clergy who say the moral climate is being undermined. Wuthnow argues that rural America's fury stems less from specific economic concerns than from the perception that Washington is distant from and yet threatening to the social fabric of small towns. Rural dwellers are especially troubled by Washington's seeming lack of empathy for such small-town norms as personal responsibility, frugality, cooperation, and common sense. Wuthnow also shows that while these communities may not be as discriminatory as critics claim, racism and misogyny remain embedded in rural patterns of life. Moving beyond simplistic depictions of the residents of America's heartland, The Left Behind offers a clearer picture of how this important population will influence the nation's political future.
	Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? Beyond economic and demographic decline, is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Wuthnow brings us into America's small towns, farms, and rural communities so we can hear from farmers who want government out of their business, factory workers who believe in working hard to support their families, town managers who find the federal government unresponsive to their communities' needs, and clergy who say the moral climate is being undermined. Wuthnow shows how this important population will influence the nation's political future. -- adapted from jacket.
Subject	Sociology, Rural -- United States.
	Political culture -- United States.
	Social values -- United States.
OCLC/Vendor #	1004935165