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"[Rosenblum] draws on a wide range of historical, literary, and sociological sources--from the stories of Raymond Carver to an ethnography of Crown Heights, Brooklyn--to produce a kaleidoscopic picture of American neighborliness."--Joshua Rothman, New Yorker

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Introduction: Good Neighbor Nation 1 Part I. The Lay of the Land 21 1. Who Is My Neighbor? 23 2. Narrative Threads: Settlers, Immigrants, and Suburban "Grotesques" 44 Part II. The Democracy of Everyday Life 69 3. Reciprocity among "Decent Folk" 71 4. Taking Offense, Speaking Out 91 5. What Anyone Would Do, Here 108 6. Live and Let Live 131 Part III. Holding Our Lives in Their Hands 151 7. Betrayal 153 8. Killing 174 9. Disasters 200 Part IV. Minding Our Own Business 217 10. Thoreau's Neighbors 219 Conclusion: Political Theory and the Democracy of Everyday Life in America 234 Acknowledgments 249 Notes 251 Index 293

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 17/05/2016
      ISBN13: 9780691169439, 978-0691169439
      ISBN10: 0691169438
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      Civics and citizenship Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "[Rosenblum] draws on a wide range of historical, literary, and sociological sources--from the stories of Raymond Carver to an ethnography of Crown Heights, Brooklyn--to produce a kaleidoscopic picture of American neighborliness."--Joshua Rothman, New Yorker

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Good Neighbor Nation 1 Part I. The Lay of the Land 21 1. Who Is My Neighbor? 23 2. Narrative Threads: Settlers, Immigrants, and Suburban "Grotesques" 44 Part II. The Democracy of Everyday Life 69 3. Reciprocity among "Decent Folk" 71 4. Taking Offense, Speaking Out 91 5. What Anyone Would Do, Here 108 6. Live and Let Live 131 Part III. Holding Our Lives in Their Hands 151 7. Betrayal 153 8. Killing 174 9. Disasters 200 Part IV. Minding Our Own Business 217 10. Thoreau's Neighbors 219 Conclusion: Political Theory and the Democracy of Everyday Life in America 234 Acknowledgments 249 Notes 251 Index 293

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