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Chippewa Lake is an idyllic waterfront community in north-central Michigan, popular with retirees and weekenders. The lake is surrounded by a rural farming community, but the area is facing a difficult transition as local demographics shift, and as it transforms from an agriculture-based economy to one that relies on wage labor. As farms have disappeared, local residents have employed a variety of strategies to adapt to a new economic structure. The community, meanwhile, has been indelibly affected by the advent of newcomers and retirees challenging the rural cultural values. An anthropologist with a background in sociology, Cindy L. Hull deftly weaves together oral accounts, historic documents, and participant surveys compiled from her nearly thirty years of living in the area to create a textured portrait of a community in flux.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. 1. The Geography and Indigenous People of Mecosta County
  2. pp. 15-26
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  1. 2. Locating Chippewa Township in Time and Place
  2. pp. 27-46
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  1. 3. Farm Families in Transition
  2. pp. 47-62
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  1. 4. Chippewa Township as Rural Community in Transition
  2. pp. 63-82
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  1. 5. Township in Transition
  2. pp. 83-95
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  1. 6. Chippewa Lake as Resort Community
  2. pp. 97-108
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  1. 7. Contested Identities
  2. pp. 109-125
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  1. 8. Social Networks
  2. pp. 127-145
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  1. 9. Social Networks beyond the Community
  2. pp. 147-164
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  1. 10. Transformation and Contested Identities
  2. pp. 165-177
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  1. Epilogue: Marijuana Mama
  2. pp. 179-185
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 187-196
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  1. Works Cited
  2. pp. 197-200
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  1. Index
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