Our patchwork nation : the surprising truth about the "real" America / Dante Chinni and James Gimpel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chinni, Dante.

Contributor:

Gimpel, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communities.

United States--Population--Statistics.

United States.

Population.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Communities--United States.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Additional subtitle on dust jacket: 12 community types that make up our nation

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, [2010]

Summary:

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.

Contents:

Boom towns : Eagle, Colorado

Campus and careers : Ann Arbor, Michigan

Emptying nests : Clermont, Florida

Evangelical epicenters : Nixa, Missouri

Immigration nation : El Mirage, Arizona

Industrial metropolis : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Military bastions : Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Minority central : Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Monied burbs : Los Alamos, New Mexico

Mormon outposts : Burley, Idaho

Service worker centers : Lincoln City, Oregon

Tractor country : Sioux Center, Iowa

The economy

Politics

Culture.

Notes:

"The 12 community types that make up our nation"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312) and index.

ISBN:

9781592405732

1592405738

9781592406708

159240670X

OCLC:

526057566

Publisher Number:

40018403222