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The Left Behind - Decline and Rage in Rural America (Hardcover)
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The Left Behind - Decline and Rage in Rural America (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R528
Discovery Miles 5 280
You Save R145 (22%)
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How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural
Americans What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the
federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for
Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and demographic decline, 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. We hear from
farmers who want government out of their business, factory workers
who believe in working hard to support their families, town
managers who find the federal government unresponsive to their
communities' needs, and clergy who say the moral climate is being
undermined. Wuthnow argues that rural America's fury stems less
from specific economic concerns than from the perception that
Washington is distant from and yet threatening to the social fabric
of small towns. Rural dwellers are especially troubled by
Washington's seeming lack of empathy for such small-town norms as
personal responsibility, frugality, cooperation, and common sense.
Wuthnow also shows that while these communities may not be as
discriminatory as critics claim, racism and misogyny remain
embedded in rural patterns of life. Moving beyond simplistic
depictions of the residents of America's heartland, The Left Behind
offers a clearer picture of how this important population will
influence the nation's political future.
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