From the Blurb: Though social scientists often talk about the "mainstream" of American society, they have very rarely studied it. Stories, Community, and Place

Thomas Jefferson envisioned a nation of citizens deeply involved in public life. Today Americans are lamenting the erosion of his ideal. What happened in the in

Place- and community-based education – an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local – addresses two critical gaps in the experience of ma

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