Alienated America : why some places thrive while others collapse /

Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream. It is not purely the result of economics as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carney, Timothy P., 1978- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	United States > Social life and customs > 21st century. United States > History > 21st century. American Dream. Communities > United States > Social conditions > 21st century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.

Table of Contents:

It takes a village : where the American dream lives
Progress at a price : the changing American dream, 1955-2018
"They've chosen not to keep up" : is it economics or culture?
American decay : broken places, broken people
"I don't" : the dissolution of the family
Bowling alone : the dissolution of civil society
It's about church : America's indispensable institution
Overcentralization : how big business and bit government erode civil society
Hyper-individualism : how the modern economy and the sexual revolution erode civil society
The alienated : Trump country
The elites : the village of man
The church people : the village of God
Overcoming alienation : problems and solutions.