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Zusatztext "Readers interested in a comprehensive overview of the recent socio-economic history of America's heartland will find its wealth of data a valuable source of information." ---Wibke Schniedermann, Journal of American Studies of Turkey Informationen zum Autor Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His many books include Red State Religion and America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity (both Princeton). Klappentext "In Remaking the Heartland , Robert Wuthnow demonstrates that the widely reported demise of the Midwest has been significantly exaggerated. Instead of a dying region, he finds a thriving one which has adapted to a challenging world by drawing on its own enduring institutions and behaviors." --David B. Danbom, author of Born in the Country: A History of Rural America " Remaking the Heartland takes a refreshing look at Middle America and dispels common myths about what is happening there. It turns out that it is not one big place that ought to be turned into a buffalo commons after all. Robert Wuthnow has written a fine and well-researched book that will change the minds of many readers in positive directions." --R. F. Diffendal, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln "One of America's most prolific scholars of culture and change now turns his attention to his native Midwest. Robert Wuthnow paints a compelling portrait of the enduring vitality of this special part of America and offers a provocative narrative of how it is changing. Wuthnow's many fans--especially those with Midwestern ties--will enjoy his spirited, graceful, and well-evidenced argument that the heart of the American heartland still beats strong." --Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone and American Grace "Drawing on published sources, government statistics, and autobiographical material, this book is a comprehensive appraisal of the social transformation of Middle America." --Glenn Fuguitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison and coauthor of Rural and Small Town America " Remaking the Heartland is a compelling examination of the transformation of the Midwest in the postwar era. Combining an insider's empathy with the critical distance of someone who has moved away, Wuthnow debunks the myths of the heartland's decline and highlights the region's institutional riches and cultural creativity." --John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University Zusammenfassung For many Americans, the Midwest is a vast unknown. In Remaking the Heartland, Robert Wuthnow sets out to rectify this. He shows how the region has undergone extraordinary social transformations over the past half-century and proven itself surprisingly resilient in the face of such hardships as the Great Depression and the movement of residents to o Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables vii Preface ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: Here in the Middle 7 Chapter Two: Recovering from the Great Depression 22 Chapter Three: Reinventing the Rustic Life 57 Chapter Four: Education in Middle America 92 Chapter Five: The Decline of Small Communities 126 Chapter Six: The Changing Face of Agribusiness 171 Chapter Seven: From Towns to Sprawling Suburbs 214 Afterword 254 Appendix 261 Notes 285 Selected Bibliography 335 Index 349 ...
