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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Counterfeit community. Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, ©1998 (DLC) 98017073 |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John F Freie |
ISBN: | 9780742575424 074257542X |
OCLC Number: | 607069789 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Chapter 1 Identifying the Counterfeit Chapter 2 Genuine Community Chapter 3 Housing Chapter 4 Public Spaces Chapter 5 The Workplace Chapter 6 Political Community Chapter 7 Religion Chapter 8 Cyberspace Chapter 9 Popular Solutions Chapter 10 Pathways to Genuine Community |
Responsibility: | John F. Freie. |
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Counterfeit Community crackles with life as well as a certain healthy skepticism. The examples are down to earth, the range of topics John Freie pursues is delightful, and his probing observations are such a strength. Of course this is a controversial book, in its definition of what community should be and should not be and in terms of how the examples are read by the author. That is all to the good; it gets one thinking and sometimes even gets the blood moving. A sassy and valuable contribution to the whole community debate. -- Robert Booth Fowler, University of Wisconsin, Madison In each of his six analyses, Freie develops a strong argument for how to strengthen genuine community. -- Gordana Rabrenovic, Northeastern University * Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences * Freie's treatment of space from the perspective of ethics adds to an extensive literature in architecture, city planning, and postmodernism and is most welcome. -- Christine E. Gudorf * The Review of Politics * Read more...

