Dividing paradise: rural inequality and the diminishing American dream

Prologue : discovering paradise

Rural deindustrialization, decline, and rebirth

Changing times in paradise

Living the dream : newcomers making it work in paradise

Trouble in paradise : old-timers' struggles to survive

"Certain circles" : the deepening divide

Paradise lost : making sense of community change and the elusive American Dream

Crossing the divide and reclaiming the dream

Epilogue: The rural dream in the pandemic's wake

Appendix A : methods, sample, and local demographic information

Appendix B : the newcomer/old-timer distinction.

Prologue : discovering paradise

Rural deindustrialization, decline, and rebirth

Changing times in paradise

Living the dream : newcomers making it work in paradise

Trouble in paradise : old-timers' struggles to survive

"Certain circles" : the deepening divide

Paradise lost : making sense of community change and the elusive American Dream

Crossing the divide and reclaiming the dream

Epilogue: The rural dream in the pandemic's wake

Appendix A : methods, sample, and local demographic information

Appendix B : the newcomer/old-timer distinction.