Small-town America: finding community, shaping the future

List of figures

List of profiles

Preface

Introduction

You have to deal with everybody : the inhabitants of small towns

Going to be buried right here : how residents view their towns

Community spirit : small-town identities that bind

The Frog Pond : making sense of work and money

Leadership : earning respect, improving the community

Habits of faith : the social role of small-town congregations

Contentious issues : the moral sentiments of community life

Washington is broken : politics and the new populism

Keep your doors open : shaping the future

Concluding reflections : community in small towns

Afterword

Methodology

Notes

Selected bibliography

Index.