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What I Found in a Thousand Towns

By Williams , Dar

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2017
ISBN
9780465098972, 9780465098965, 0465098967
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2796280 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
xiv, 272 pages ; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Dar -- Travel -- United States;Small cities -- UniDar;United StatesSingers;Singers--United States;Small cities;Small

Description

Introduction: positive proximity -- Spaces. Beacon, New York: the power of created spaces ; Moab, Utah: natural space ; Wilmington, Delaware: waterfronts -- Identity building. Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: history ; Carrboro, North Carolina: culture ; Finger lakes, New York: food -- Translation. Middletown, Connecticut: partnerships ; Gainesville, Florida: conscious bridgers ; Bringing positive proximity to your town.;The singer songwriter and activist discusses her view on America's small towns, drawing on her own experiences from touring as a musician, as well as on the work of urban theorists and locals to determine why some small towns thrive while others fail.

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