In a chapter about informal social connections, this book notes that although 91 million Americans has engaged in the title activity, league membership for it has dwindled.
This book discusses the rise of the "cyberwedding" and the advent of virtual funerals in a chapter asking whether the Internet could be a social force. Its twelfth chapter, on suburbanization, bemoans the rise of sprawl since it disrupts "boundedness." In an early chapter, the author considers the rise of women into the workforce and the high frequency of physical relocation as potential causes for the phenomenon mentioned in the subtitle. This book, published in 2000, grew out of an essay discussing the decline of social capital. In a chapter about informal social connections, this book notes that although 91 million Americans has engaged in the title activity, league membership for it has dwindled. For 10 points, name this book examining "the collapse and revival of the American community," a work by Robert Putnam.
This book discusses the rise of the "cyberwedding" and the advent of virtual funerals in a chapter asking whether the Internet could be a social force.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community