Great good place :
Oldenburg, Ray
Great good place : cafes, coffee shops, bookstores, bars, hair salons and other hangouts at the heart of a community - Cambridge Da Capo press 1999 - xxxii,336p.
CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xiii
INTRODUCTION xxviii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxi
PARTI
THE PROBLEM OF PLACE IN AMERICA 3
THE CHARACTER OF THIRD PLACES 20
THE PERSONAL BENEFITS 43
THE GREATER GOOD 66
PART II
THE GERMAN-AMERICAN LAGER BEER
GARDENS 89
MAIN STREET 105
THE ENGLISH PUB 123
THE FRENCH CAFE 145
THE AMERICAN TAVERN 165
CLASSIC COFFEEHOUSES 183
PART III
A HOSTILE HABITAT 203
THE SEXES AND THE THIRD PLACE 230
SHUTTING OUT YOUTH 262
TOWARD BETTER TIMES ... AND PLACES 284
NOTES 297
BIBLIOGRAPHY 315
INDEX 327
9781569246818
725.7 / OLD
Great good place : cafes, coffee shops, bookstores, bars, hair salons and other hangouts at the heart of a community - Cambridge Da Capo press 1999 - xxxii,336p.
CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xiii
INTRODUCTION xxviii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxi
PARTI
THE PROBLEM OF PLACE IN AMERICA 3
THE CHARACTER OF THIRD PLACES 20
THE PERSONAL BENEFITS 43
THE GREATER GOOD 66
PART II
THE GERMAN-AMERICAN LAGER BEER
GARDENS 89
MAIN STREET 105
THE ENGLISH PUB 123
THE FRENCH CAFE 145
THE AMERICAN TAVERN 165
CLASSIC COFFEEHOUSES 183
PART III
A HOSTILE HABITAT 203
THE SEXES AND THE THIRD PLACE 230
SHUTTING OUT YOUTH 262
TOWARD BETTER TIMES ... AND PLACES 284
NOTES 297
BIBLIOGRAPHY 315
INDEX 327
9781569246818
725.7 / OLD