This title explains how a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural Americans toward the federal government and why rural Americans voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, and gives a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide. Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, the author brings us into America's small towns, farms, and rural communities to paint a rich portrait of the moral order-the interactions, loyalties, obligations, and identities-underpinning this segment. He demonstrates that to truly understand rural Americans' anger, their culture must be explored more fully, and he shows that rural America's fury stems less from economic concerns than from a perception that Washington is distant and yet threatening to the social fabric of small towns. Moving beyond simplistic depictions of America's heartland, this volume offers a clearer picture of how this important population will influence the nation's political future.