The great good place : cafés, coffee shops, bookstores, bars, hair salons, and other hangouts at the heart of a community / Ray Oldenburg.
"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.&quo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Ma :
Da Capo Press,
[1999]
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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 description. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1569246815 9781569246818 |