Title: Being urban
Description: Being Urban examines the dynamic interplay between what theoretical perceptions tell us about urban life and how ordinary people interpret and respond to the actual experience of living in cities. Major focuses are the primacy of social interaction for an understanding of urban life, and the strategies people use to create "community" in environments which, many theoris ... more »ts believe, promote only alienation and social disintegration. This new edition incorporates a strongly interdisciplinary perspective and includes new chapters on significant topics that have received little critical attention in the field.
Subjects: City and town life, Urban Sociology, Stadt, Vie urbaine, Stadtsoziologie, Sociologie urbaine, Umweltpsychologie, Sociology, urban
Places: United States