Palaces for the People
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
"An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--
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I really enjoyed this! Though fair warning it's about 80% about libraries. Personally I love learning about libraries so that wasn't a turn off for me.
This is the first book of the kind I have read so take that into consideration. I know some reviewers were dissatisfied with lack of depth to this book especially in the context of racial issues. Once again this is the first book of the kind of read so to me it was just a great introduction to a topic I can delve further into later.
