Newcomers to Old Towns: Suburbanization of the Heartland

by Sonya Salamon

Book Overview

2004 winner of the Robert E. Park Book Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section (CUSS) of the American Sociological Association

Although the death of the small town has been predicted for decades, during the 1990s the population of rural America actually increased by more than three million people. In this book, Sonya Salamon explores these rural newcomers and the impact they have on the social relationships, public spaces,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226734137
• ISBN13: 9780226734132
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening for a small-town newcomer

This is a terrific book, especially for people like me now living in a rural small town similar to the towns discussed in this book. I recommend this book to any "newcomer," such as myself, to become familar with how "old-timers" think, act and live. It gave me a real appreciation for my "new" small town, which fortunately still has a great sense of community.