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In the first chapter of Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putnam claims that in the last several decades community groups have decreased in number and among the groups still in existence membership is low. Yet he also says that Americans now have more time on their hands. Could this be the effect of our world's rapidly changing technological abilities and is this new technology decreasing one's social capital?
I think that it was because of events during the past that caused community groups to be an extremely large entity in the past. For example, The Great Depression and World War II brought the American citizens together for help and reliance on one another. The people that experienced and survived those events began and participated in the great number of community groups in the 50s and 60s. Likewise in 2002, the tragic event of September 11th brought together a nation that seemed all of a sudden on its way back to the days of communities, yet that only......

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Title: Bowling Alone, Chapter 1
Approximate Word Count: 608
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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