Commonplaces

David M. Hummon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Holy Cross College.

• Tables, Figures, and Exhibits Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Community Perspectives: Community Ideology and American Society Commonplaces about Community BeliefPerspective, Ideology, amd Society 2. Minding Community: The Interpretation of Community Belief and Sentiment Interpretation: An Interdisciplinary ExcursusCommunity Ideology as a Cultural SystemPeople and Places: Urbanists, Villagers, and Suburbanists Part II: Symbolic Landscapes 3. Small-Town Ideology Small-Town PopularityValleytown and its PerspectiveThe Symbolic Landscape 4. Urban Ideology Beyond AntiurbansimUrbanists, Reluctant Urbanites, and City BoostersThe Interpretive Perspective of Urban IdeologyInterpreting Urban Imagery 5. Suburban Ideology Suburbia: Nightmare or Dream?Suburban IdeologySuburban Ideology and White FlightVillagers and Urbanists in SuburbiaCompeting Interpretations: Ideology and Suburbia Part III: The Uses of Community Ideology 6. Community Apologetics: Ideology, Accounts, and Community Problems Ideology and Community ProblemsAccounting for FriendlinessAccounting for Safety and CrimeIdeology, Explanation, and Commitment 7. Community Identity Beyond PlacelessnessIdentity and IdeologyIdentification with Community: On Being a City PersonCommunity Identity as Self-ConceptionWithout Community IdentityCommunity Identity and American Society Part IV: Conclusion 8. Community Ideology and American Culture Community Rhetoric and ValuesCommunity Ideology, Perspective, and American CultureCommunity Perspectives and American ValuesCommunity Ideology as Moral Perspective Appendix: Researching Community Ideology: Reflections on Method First Attempts: The Place Image SurveyThe Emerging StrategyAnalysis and Community IdeologyAfterthoughts and Beyond Notes Bibliography Index

"It provides people's views of other places—those where they are not. This is most important and has never been done before. Also, by looking at three environments, a much richer and more complex view is derived than from the more typical analysis of 'anti-urban tradition.' The whole book deals with an 'unexpected' topic (although it should not be): the various ideals present in the U.S. that are reflected in people's residential choices and their evaluations of places." — Amos Rapoport, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee