‘Kinship like I've never experienced before’: Modern mechanical solidarity on the Appalachian trail network

Emile Durkheim (1858–1917) believed that mechanical solidarity–a type of social solidarity that emerges from the homogeneity of actors' social realities–is only able to flourish in traditional societies. The current study challenges that assertion by demonstrating that in modern-day America, me...

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Main Authors: Samantha B. Cake, JoEllen Pederson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Social Sciences and Humanities Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291124003061
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