The Lost City : The Forgotten Virtues of Community in America (Paperback)

by Alan Ehrenhalt

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In the spirit of Verlyn Klinkenborg's The Last Fine Time and Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Colored People, this book reveals how Americans once balanced the demands of modern life with a feeling of community--and how we might do so again.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780465041930
  • ISBN-10: 0465041930
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Date: August 1996
  • Page Count: 320

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Table of Contents

PART I A DIFFERENT WORLD
The Limited Life
7(26)
The Uses of Sin
33(26)
Midsummer in America
59(30)
PART II PARISH
Bungalow People
89(22)
The Flock
111(28)
PART III GHETTO
Frozen in Place
139(16)
Pillars of Optimism
155(18)
City of Faith
173(20)
PART IV SUBURB
Close Quarters
193(16)
The Joiners
209(20)
The Taming of the Young
229(24)
PART V THE PAST AND THE PENDULUM
Beyond Nostalgia
253(20)
The Next Generation
273(10)
Notes 283(12)
Acknowledgments 295(2)
Photo Acknowledgments 297(2)
Index 299

 

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  • ISBN: 9780465041930
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Date: August 1996
  • Page Count: 320
  • Availability: In stock. Ships in 24 hours.