The Left Behind : Decline and Rage in Small-Town America / Robert Wuthnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuthnow, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Rural--United States.

Sociology, Rural.

Working class white people--United States--Attitudes.

Working class white people.

Communities--United States.

Communities.

Rural population--United States--Attitudes.

Rural population.

Cities and towns--United States.

Cities and towns.

United States--Social conditions--21st century--Public opinion.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--21st century--Public opinion.

United States--Rural conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural AmericansWhat is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And 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, and he shows that rural America's fury stems less from economic concerns than from the perception that Washington is distant from and yet threatening to the social fabric of small towns. Moving beyond simplistic depictions of America's heartland, The Left Behind offers a clearer picture of how this important population will influence the nation's political future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Communities

2. Present Dangers

3. Makeshift Solutions

4. Washington's Broken

5. Moral Decline

6. Bigotry

Epilogue

Notes

Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691195155

0691195153

OCLC:

1099342968