The great good place : cafés, coffee shops, bookstores, bars, hair salons, and other hangouts at the heart of a community / Ray Oldenburg.

By:

Oldenburg, Ray [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, 1989Edition: [2nd ed.]Description: xxxii, 336 pages, [8] of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781569246818 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

307.0973 OLD 23 015556

LOC classification:

HT123 .O53 1989

Contents:

pt. 1. The problem of place in America -- The character of third places -- The personal benefits -- The greater good -- pt. 2. The German-American lager beer gardens -- Main street -- The English pub -- The French café -- The American tavern -- Classic coffeehouses -- pt. 3. A hostile habitat -- The sexes and the third place -- Shutting out youth -- Toward better times ... and places.

Review: "The Great Good Place argues that 'third places' - where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation - are the heart of a community's social vitality and the grassroots of democracy." -- Publisher's description.

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Preface to the second edition (p. xiii-xxvii).

Earlier edition originally published in hardcover in 1989 by Paragon House.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index.

"The Great Good Place argues that 'third places' - where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation - are the heart of a community's social vitality and the grassroots of democracy." -- Publisher's description.

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