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Bowling Alone

The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Robert D. Putnam

Bowling Alone explores the significant social change of Americans becoming increasingly disconnected from one another. In this groundbreaking work, Robert Putnam draws on vast new data to diagnose the harm of broken social structures on our physical and civic health. He suggests what we can do to create a society that is happy, healthy, and safe. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the central crisis at the heart of our society.
Publish Date
2001-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
2001-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2000
Goodreads Rating
3.83
ISBN
9781982130848
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2021-02-04T19:27:03.000Z
@MelissaJPeltier @AliaGvR @jenmercieca Bowling Alone is the name of a book by Robert Putnam about the decline of social capital. It's an excellent read.      source
2022-11-12T15:52:51.000Z
@Grant_Robinson_ What an important and prescient book.      source