The upswing : how America came together a century ago and how we can do it again / Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"--