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Oral History Interview with Richard Lee Hoffman, November 8, 2000. Interview K-0505. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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A fading sense of community in Madison County

Hoffman says that the sense of community in Madison County has faded. There are more people, and those people do not depend on one another as they once did. Institutions like churches and schools, however, continue to play a strong role in fostering community interaction.

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Interviewer	Rob Amberg
Interviewee	Richard Lee Hoffman
Excerpt Length	0:02:43
Start Time	00:54:10
Stop Time	00:56:53
Subjects	Piedmont Industrialization > WORKING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES > Culture of Working People Southern Women > FAMILY AND DOMESTIC SPHERE > Culture and Values General > COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS > Community Growth

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Oral History Interview with Richard Lee Hoffman, November 8, 2000. Interview K-0505. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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