{"product_id":"bowling-alone-the-collapse-and-revival-of-american-community-revised-updated","title":"Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Revised, Updated)","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*The basis for the documentary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJoin or Die\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—now streaming on Netflix!*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUpdated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBowling Alone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eremains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today’s fractured America. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolized a significant social change that became the basis of the acclaimed bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBowling Alone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecalled “a very important book” and Putnam, “the de Tocqueville of our generation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBowling Alone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e surveyed in detail Americans’ changing behavior over the decades, showing how we had become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether it’s with the PTA, church, clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. In the revised edition of his classic work, Putnam shows how our shrinking access to the “social capital” that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing still poses a serious threat to our civic and personal health, and how these consequences have a new resonance for our divided country today. He includes critical new material on the pervasive influence of social media and the internet, which has introduced previously unthinkable opportunities for social connection—as well as unprecedented levels of alienation and isolation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAt the time of its publication, Putnam’s then-groundbreaking work showed how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction, and how the loss of social capital is felt in critical ways, acting as a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, and affecting our health in other ways. While the ways in which we connect, or become disconnected, have changed over the decades, his central argument remains as powerful and urgent as ever: mending our frayed social capital is key to preserving the very fabric of our society.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548252147997,"sku":"9781982130848","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781982130848.jpg?v=1761676835","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/bowling-alone-the-collapse-and-revival-of-american-community-revised-updated","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}