Our patchwork nation : the surprising truth about the "real" America / Dante Chinni and James Gimpel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, Description: xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781592405732
  • 1592405738
  • 9781592406708
  • 159240670X
Other title:
  • Additional subtitle on dust jacket: 12 community types that make up our nation
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 307.0973 22
LOC classification:
  • JK1726 .C45 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Boom towns : Eagle, Colorado -- Campus and careers : Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Emptying nests : Clermont, Florida -- Evangelical epicenters : Nixa, Missouri -- Immigration nation : El Mirage, Arizona -- Industrial metropolis : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Military bastions : Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Minority central : Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Monied burbs : Los Alamos, New Mexico -- Mormon outposts : Burley, Idaho -- Service worker centers : Lincoln City, Oregon -- Tractor country : Sioux Center, Iowa -- The economy -- Politics -- Culture.
Summary: In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.
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"The 12 community types that make up our nation"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312) and index.

Boom towns : Eagle, Colorado -- Campus and careers : Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Emptying nests : Clermont, Florida -- Evangelical epicenters : Nixa, Missouri -- Immigration nation : El Mirage, Arizona -- Industrial metropolis : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Military bastions : Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Minority central : Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Monied burbs : Los Alamos, New Mexico -- Mormon outposts : Burley, Idaho -- Service worker centers : Lincoln City, Oregon -- Tractor country : Sioux Center, Iowa -- The economy -- Politics -- Culture.

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.

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