"Foster, in his vivid and poignant account shows us that cultural coherence and moral community can never be taken for granted. They are as endangered and require as much creative effort to sustain among the old Americans in the hill country of North Carolina that he describes, as among the recent immigrants in our largest cities. In a world in which old Americans are just one more minority group, Foster has revealed in microcosm the deepest problems of our cultural identity."--Robert Bellah, author of "Habits of the Heart" ...
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"Foster, in his vivid and poignant account shows us that cultural coherence and moral community can never be taken for granted. They are as endangered and require as much creative effort to sustain among the old Americans in the hill country of North Carolina that he describes, as among the recent immigrants in our largest cities. In a world in which old Americans are just one more minority group, Foster has revealed in microcosm the deepest problems of our cultural identity."--Robert Bellah, author of "Habits of the Heart" "This is the best work on Appalachia that I have yet read, and among the very finest books on local American culture. . . . The analysis offered by Foster, and especially his conclusions, make this particular study an extraordinary one."--Roy Wagner, University of Virginia
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