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Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / Robert D. Putnam ; with a new preface and afterword by the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Putnam, Robert D., author, writer of preface, writer of afterword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change--United States--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 581 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 20th anniversary edition.
- Revised and updated.
- Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as 'a prodigious achievement.' Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures -- whether they be PTA, church, or political parties -- have disintegrated. Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had so deftly diagnosed the harm that these broken bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor had anyone exalted their fundamental power in creating a society that is happy, healthy, and safe."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Thinking about social change in America
- Political participation
- Civic participation
- Religious participation
- Connections in the workplace
- Informal social connections
- Altruism, volunteering, and philanthropy
- Reciprocity, honesty, and trust
- Against the tide? : small groups, social movements, and the Net
- Pressures of time and money
- Mobility and sprawl
- Technology and mass media
- From generation to generation
- What killed civic engagement? : summing up
- Education and children's welfare
- Safe and productive neighborhoods
- Economic prosperity
- Health and happiness
- Democracy
- The dark side of social capital
- Lessons of history : the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
- Toward an agenda for social capitalists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 7, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Putnam, Robert D. Bowling alone.
- ISBN:
- 9780743219037
- 0743219031
- OCLC:
- 1425486650
- Publisher Number:
- 99978347994
- 9780684832838
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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