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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface: Modernization, Development, and Community ix
Introduction: Actually Existing Localism 1
1. When Small Was Big 15
2. Development without Modernization 40
3. Peasantville 66
4. Grassroots Empire 101
Epilogue: What Is Dead and What Is Undead in Community Development? 164
Notes 187
Acknowledgments 245
Index 247

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface: Modernization, Development, and Community ix
Introduction: Actually Existing Localism 1
1. When Small Was Big 15
2. Development without Modernization 40
3. Peasantville 66
4. Grassroots Empire 101
Epilogue: What Is Dead and What Is Undead in Community Development? 164
Notes 187
Acknowledgments 245
Index 247

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