Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Robert D. Putnam

544 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work--but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievemen...

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