| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 203 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Geography and Indigenous People of Mecosta County; Chapter 2. Locating Chippewa Township in Time and Place; Chapter 3. Farm Families in Transition; Chapter 4. Chippewa Township as Rural Community in Transition; Chapter 5. Township in Transition; Chapter 6. Chippewa Lake as Resort Community; Chapter 7. Contested Identities; Chapter 8. Social Networks; Chapter 9. Social Networks beyond the Community; Chapter 10. Transformation and Contested Identities; Epilogue. Marijuana Mama; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Chippewa Lake is an idyllic waterfront community in north-central Michigan, popular with retirees and weekenders. The lake is surrounded by a rural farming community, but the area is facing a difficult transition as local demographics shift, and as it transforms from an agriculture-based economy to one that relies on wage labor. As farms have disappeared, local residents have employed a variety of strategies to adapt to a new economic structure. The community, meanwhile, has been indelibly affected by the advent of newcomers and retirees challenging the rural cultural values. An anthropologist with a background in sociology, Cindy L. Hull deftly weaves together oral accounts, historic documents, and participant surveys compiled from her nearly thirty years of living in the area to create a textured portrait of a community in flux |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community life -- Michigan -- Mecosta County
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Social networks -- Michigan -- Mecosta County
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Social change -- Michigan -- Mecosta County
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Rural-urban relations -- Michigan -- Mecosta County
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Community life
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Economic history
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Manners and customs
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Rural conditions
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Rural-urban relations
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Social change
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Social networks
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Mecosta County (Mich.) -- Economic conditions
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Mecosta County (Mich.) -- Rural conditions
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Mecosta County (Mich.) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Michigan -- Mecosta County
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011050506 |
| ISBN |
9781609173425 |
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1609173422 |
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9781628950625 |
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1628950625 |
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9781628960624 |
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1628960620 |
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