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Bowling Alone

Paperback • 2001 • English

Bowling Alone

By Robert Putnam

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About the book

BOWLING ALONE warns Americans that their stock of "social capital", the very fabric of their connections with each other, has been accelerating down. Putnam describes the resulting impoverishment of their lives and communities. Drawing on evidence that includes nearly half a million interviews conducted over a quarter of a century in America, Putnam shows how changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors are isolating Americans from...Show more

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ISBN

9780743203043

Publisher

Simon Schuster Ltd

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Bowling Alone

Format

Paperback

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