The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Small-Town America

Wuthnow, Robert

ISBN 10: 0691191662 / ISBN 13: 9780691191669

Published by Princeton University Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Small-Town America
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691191662
• ISBN 13: 9780691191669
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 1.78W x 13.97H x 21.34D centimeters 1.78 centimeters width by 13.97 centimeters height by 21.34 centimeters depth
• Weight: 249 grams

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Synopsis

How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural Americans

What is fueling rural America’s outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Robert Wuthnow brings us into America’s small towns, farms, and rural communities to paint a rich portrait of the moral order―the interactions, loyalties, obligations, and identities―underpinning this critical segment of the nation. Wuthnow demonstrates that to truly understand rural Americans’ anger, their culture must be explored more fully, and he shows that rural America’s fury stems less from economic concerns than from the perception that Washington is distant from and yet threatening to the social fabric of small towns. Moving beyond simplistic depictions of America’s heartland, The Left Behind offers a clearer picture of how this important population will influence the nation’s political future.

About the Author

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His many books include Small-Town America and Remaking the Heartland (both Princeton).