| Main Title |
Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / |
| Author |
Putnam, Robert D.
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| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster, |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| Year Published |
2000 |
| OCLC Number |
43599073 |
| Subject Added Ent |
Social change--United States--History--20th century;
United States--Social conditions--1945-
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Date Modified |
| ESAM |
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HN65.P878 2000 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/31/2005 |
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| Collation |
541 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {445}-504) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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 -- Appendix I: Measuring social change -- Appendix II: Sources for figures and tables -- Appendix III: The rise and fall of civic professional associations -- Notes -- The story behind this book. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2000. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| LCCN |
00027278 |
| ISBN |
0684832836 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050331130609 |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01969cam 22002774a 45020 |
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