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Chinni, Dante.

Our patchwork nation : the surprising truth about the "real" America / Dante Chinni and James Gimpel.

New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, ©2010.

xiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork Nation, a refreshing, sometimes startling, look at how America's diversities often defy conventional wisdom.

Political culture -- United States.

Communities -- United States.

Voting -- United States.

United States -- Population -- Statistics.

Statistics.

Gimpel, James.

Additional subtitle on dust jacket: 12 community types that make up our nation

"The 12 community types that make up our nation"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312) and index.

Boom towns : Eagle, Colorado -- Campus and careers : Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Emptying nests : Clermont, Florida -- Evangelical epicenters : Nixa, Missouri -- Immigration nation : El Mirage, Arizona -- Industrial metropolis : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Military bastions : Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- Minority central : Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Monied burbs : Los Alamos, New Mexico -- Mormon outposts : Burley, Idaho -- Service worker centers : Lincoln City, Oregon -- Tractor country : Sioux Center, Iowa -- The economy -- Politics -- Culture.

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