Chippewa lake : a community in search of an identity / Cindy L. Hull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hull, Cindy L., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--Michigan--Mecosta County.

Community life.

Social networks--Michigan--Mecosta County.

Social networks.

Social change--Michigan--Mecosta County.

Social change.

Rural-urban relations--Michigan--Mecosta County.

Rural-urban relations.

Mecosta County (Mich.)--Economic conditions.

Mecosta County (Mich.).

Mecosta County (Mich.)--Rural conditions.

Mecosta County (Mich.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chippewa Lake is an idyllic waterfront community in north-central Michigan, popular with retirees and weekenders. The lake is surrounded by a rural farming community, but the area is facing a difficult transition as local demographics shift, and as it transforms from an agriculture-based economy to one that relies on wage labor. As farms have disappeared, local residents have employed a variety of strategies to adapt to a new economic structure. The community, meanwhile, has been indelibly affected by the advent of newcomers and retirees challenging the rural cultural values. An anthropologis

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Geography and Indigenous People of Mecosta County; Chapter 2. Locating Chippewa Township in Time and Place; Chapter 3. Farm Families in Transition; Chapter 4. Chippewa Township as Rural Community in Transition; Chapter 5. Township in Transition; Chapter 6. Chippewa Lake as Resort Community; Chapter 7. Contested Identities; Chapter 8. Social Networks; Chapter 9. Social Networks beyond the Community; Chapter 10. Transformation and Contested Identities; Epilogue. Marijuana Mama; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-062-5

1-60917-342-2

OCLC:

811407718