ISBN: 9780226845401 - the lies of the land: seeing rural america for what it is--and isn't (8 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 'piercing, unsentimental' (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis. It seems everyone has an opinion about rural America. Is it gripped in a tragic decline Or is it on the cusp of a glorious revival Is it the key to understanding America today Steven Conn argues that we're missing the real question: Is rural America even a thing No, says Conn, who believes we see only what we want to see in the lands beyond the suburbs--fantasies about moral (or backward) communities, simpler (or repressive) living, and what it means to be authentically (or wrongheadedly) American. If we want to build a better future, Conn argues, we must accept that these visions don't exist and never did. In The Lies of the Land, Conn shows that rural America--so often characterized as in crisis or in danger of being left behind--has actually been at the center of modern American history, shaped by the same forces as everywhere else in the country: militarization, industrialization, corporatization, and suburbanization. Examining each of these forces in turn, Conn invites us to dispense with the lies and half-truths we've believed about rural America and to pursue better solutions to the very real challenges shared all across our nation.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Lies of the Land | Seeing Rural America for What It Is--And Isn't | Steven Conn | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2026 | University of Chicago Press | EAN 9780226845401 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…