Chippewa Lake: A Community in Search of an Identity

By Cindy L. Hull

Chippewa Lake is an idyllic waterfront community in north-central Michigan, popular with retirees and weekenders. The lake is surrounded by a rural farming community, but the area is facing a difficult transition as local demographics shift, and as it transforms from an agriculture-based economy to one that relies on wage labor. As farms have disappeared, local residents have employed a variety of strategies to adapt to a new economic structure. The community, meanwhile, has been indelibly affected by the advent of newcomers and retirees challenging the rural cultural values. An anthropologist with a background in sociology, Cindy L. Hull deftly weaves together oral accounts, historic documents, and participant surveys compiled from her nearly thirty years of living in the area to create a textured portrait of a community in flux.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611860482
• ISBN13: 9781611860481
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"