Habits of the heartland : small-town life in modern America /

Habits of the heartland : small-town life in modern America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Macgregor, Lyn Christine, 1973-
Imprint:	Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Description:	x, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cornell paperbacks Cornell paperbacks.
Subject:	Community life -- Wisconsin -- Viroqua. City and town life -- Wisconsin -- Viroqua. City and town life. Commerce -- Social aspects. Community life. Manners and customs. Viroqua (Wis.) -- Social life and customs. Viroqua (Wis.) -- Commerce -- Social aspects. Wisconsin -- Viroqua.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8057521

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ISBN:	9780801448362 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801448360 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801476433 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801476437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2005. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Cultures of Community
1. Three Halloweens, Three Viroquas
2. The Alternatives: A Kinder, Gentler Counterculture
3. The Main Streeters: The Busiest People in Town
4. The Regulars: Keeping Things Simple
5. Playing in the Same Sandbox?
Part II. Commerce, Consumption, and Community in Viroqua
6. Beneficent Enterprise and Viroquan Exceptionalism
7. Retail Morality
8. Consumption and Belonging in Viroqua
Epilogue and Conclusion
Appendix: Study Methods
References
Index