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.
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