6. Live and Let Live

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Good Neighbor Nation 1
4. PART I. The Lay of the Land
5. 1. Who Is My Neighbor? 23
6. 2. Narrative Threads: Settlers, Immigrants, and Suburban “Grotesques” 44
7. PART II. The Democracy of Everyday Life
8. 3. Reciprocity among “Decent Folk” 71
9. 4. Taking Offense, Speaking Out 91
10. 5. What Anyone Would Do, Here 108
11. 6. Live and Let Live 131
12. PART III. Holding Our Lives in Their Hands
13. 7. Betrayal 153
14. 8. Killing 174
15. 9. Disasters 200
16. PART IV. Minding Our Own Business
17. 10. Thoreau’s Neighbors 219
18. Conclusion: Political Theory and the Democracy of Everyday Life in America 234
19. Acknowledgments 249
20. Notes 251
21. Index 293