An important 2001 book on community in America:

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam / 2001

Some classics in this topic:

Habits of the Heart : Individualism and Commitment in American Life Robert Neelly Bellah (Editor), et al Paperback / Published 1996

and to read with Habits of the Heart -- extension and critique of its ideas:

Community in America : The Challenge of Habits of the Heart
Charles H. Reynolds, Ralph Norman (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1988

Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, Richard D. Heffner (Editor)

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