Preface IX // Preface to the Second Edition XIII // Introduction XXVIII // Acknowledgments XXXI // Part I // 1. The Problem of Place in America 3 // 2. The Character of Third Places 20 // 3. The Personal Benefits 43 // 4. The Greater Good 66 // Part II // 5. The German - American Lager Beer Gardens 89 // 6. Main Street 105 // 7. The English Pub 123 // 8. The French Café 145 // 9. The American Tavern 165 // 10. Classic Coffeehouses 183 // Part III // 11. A Hostile Habitat 203 // 12. The Sexes and the Third Place 230 // 13. Shutting Out Youth 262 // 14. Toward Better Times ... and Places 284 // Notes 297 // Bibliography 315 // Index 327