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The Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Bill Bishop
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Hardcover ISBN 9780618689354 Quick order code: R89354
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Description
A book about demographics that has everyone talking. Bishop postulates that Americans have self-sorted into homogenous communities during the past few decades—and that this sorting is at the heart of the country's deepening cultural divide. He uses original research and reporting to show how Americans have sorted themselves geographically, economically, and politically. This sorting may be seen as a perk of modern society—we have choices that weren't available to earlier generations. Homogeneity also breeds economic inequality, cultural misunderstanding, political extremism, and legislative gridlock, however. What does this mean for communities and democracy? Read this book to get new insight into the landscape of your work.
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Topics:
Places & Place Making,
Regions,
Places,
Spatial Plans,
Neighborhood Planning,
Suburbia,
Funtional Plans,
Housing Planning,
Planning Methods,
Demographics,
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