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001 2014008051
003 DLC
005 20150602081828.0
008 140424s2014 tnu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014008051
020 $a9780826520050 (hardback)
020 $a9780826520067 (paperback)
020 $z9780826520074 (ebook)
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHQ2044.U6$bH64 2014
082 00 $a305.5/50973$223
084 $aSOC002000$aHIS036070$aSOC026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHoey, Brian A.,$d1968-
245 10 $aOpting for elsewhere :$blifestyle migration in the american middle class /$cBrian A. Hoey.
264 1 $aNashville :$bVanderbilt University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axvi, 254 pages ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a""Do you get told what the good life is, or do you figure it out for yourself?" This is the central question of Opting for Elsewhere, as the reader encounters stories of people who chose relocation as a way of redefining themselves and reordering work, family, and personal priorities. This is a book about the impulse to start over. Whether downshifting from stressful careers or being downsized from jobs lost in a surge of economic restructuring, lifestyle migrants seek refuge in places that seem to resonate with an idealized, potential self. Choosing the "option of elsewhere" and moving as a means of remaking self through sheer force of will are basic facets of American character, forged in its history as a developing nation of immigrants with a seemingly ever-expanding frontier. Building off years of interviews and research in the Midwest, including areas of Michigan, Brian Hoey provides an evocative illustration of the ways these sweeping changes impact people and the communities where 'they live and work as well as how both react--devising strategies for either coping with or challenging the status quo. This portrait of starting over in the heartland of America compels the reader to ask where we are going next as an emerging postindustrial society"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a""Opting for Elsewhere examines the stories of everyday Americans who move to new places as a way to redefine themselves through reordering work, family, and personal priorities. Their lifestyle migration expresses longstanding cultural values while also demonstrating developing responses to distinctive contemporary challenges and opportunities"--Provided by publisher"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
650 0 $aLifestyles$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMiddle class$zUnited States.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 21st Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1304/2846460/image/lgcover.4780026.jpg