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Contents acknowledgments ix preface xi introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Geography and indigenous people of Mecosta County 15 Chapter 2. Locating Chippewa Township in Time and place 27 Chapter 3. Farm Families in Transition 47 Chapter 4. Chippewa Township as Rural Community in Transition 63 Chapter 5. Township in Transition 83 Chapter 6. Chippewa Lake as Resort Community 97 Chapter 7. Contested identities 109 Chapter 8. Social Networks 127 Chapter 9. Social Networks beyond the Community 147 Chapter 10. Transformation and Contested identities 165 epilogue. Marijuana Mama 179 Notes 187 works Cited 197 index 201 ...

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