Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the "Real" America
Chinni, Dante,Gimpel Ph.D., James
Language: English
Published by Gotham, 2010
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- Title
- Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the "Real" America
- Author
- Chinni, Dante,Gimpel Ph.D., James
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Includes dust jacket.
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1592405738
- ISBN 13
- 9781592405732
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.
Looking at the data, they recognized that the country breaks into twelve distinct types of communities, and old categories like "soccer mom" and "working class" don't matter as much as we think. Instead, by examining Boom Towns, Evangelical Epicenters, Military Bastions, Service Worker Centers, Campus and Careers, Immigration Nation, Minority Central, Tractor Community, Mormon Outposts, Emptying Nests, Industrial Metropolises, and Monied Burbs, the authors demonstrate the subtle distinctions in how Americans vote, invest, shop, and otherwise behave, reflect what they experience on their local streets and in their daily lives. Our Patchwork Nation is a brilliant new way to debate and examine the issues that matter most to our communities, and to our nation.
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About the Author
James Gimpel, Ph.D. is a professor of government at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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