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The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Small-Town America

The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Small-Town America

Wuthnow, Robert

Paperback

General SociologyPoverty & Social WorkUnited States Politics

Publisher Price: $15.95

ISBN10: 0691191662
ISBN13: 9780691191669
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Apr 30 2019
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

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 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.

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