The Rural Voter

Autorentext

Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea

Klappentext

This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the "rural voter"-a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns.

Zusammenfassung
This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the rural votera new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns.

Inhalt

Preface
Introduction: Two Americas

1. Who and What Is Rural America?
2. The Deep Roots of the Rural-Urban Divide (1776-1980)
3. Manufacturing the Myth of "Real America" (1980-Present)
4. Listening to Rural Americans
5. Down and Out in Rural America?
6. A Wasteland of Alienation?
7. Clinging to Their Guns and Religion?
8. Irredeemably Racist?
9. Radicalized by Fox?
10. Pulling It All Together: Finding the Rural Voter
11. Bridges Across the Rural-Urban Divide
    Notes
    Index