Why Place Matters Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America

Name: Why Place Matters Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America
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ISBN: 9781594037160

ISBN-10: 1594037167

ISBN-13: 9781594037160

Edition: 2014

Authors: Wilfred M. McClay, Ted V. McAllister

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Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of place” and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life.Do we, in losing our places, lose the crucial basis for healthy and resilient individual identity, and for the cultivation of public virtues? For one can’t be a citizen without being a citizen of some place in particular; one isn’t a citizen of a motel. And if these dangers are real and present ones, are there ways that intelligent…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Encounter Books
Publication date: 2/25/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.29" wide x 9.23" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Wilfred M. McClay is Professor and SunTrust Chair of Excellence in Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.