A sociological study of the native-born Americans of Italian parentage who lived in Boston's West End during the fifties.

Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans

History

Herbert, J Gans

Americas

The Free Press (Macmillan Co., Inc.)

A sociological study of the native-born Americans of Italian parentage who lived in Boston's West End during the fifties

The Urban Villagers

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

MacMillan Publishing Company

Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, 'Newsweek' and 'Time' (Communication and Society)

Business & Money

Constable

People and Plans: Essays on Urban Problems and Solutions

Sociology

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

In 1955 Levitt and Sons, Inc. purchased almost all of Willingboro Township, New Jersey, a sparsely settled agricultural area seventeen miles from Philadelphia. They would build 1,200 homes; three basic house types would be erected; ten or twelve neighborhoods would emerge. This suburban experiment was the basis for one of the most famous case studies in urban sociology, Herbert J. Gans' The Levittowners. This classic work examines its subject from numerous angles: the beginnings of group life, the founding of churches, the emergence of party politics, family and individual adaptation, and other dimensions of the suburban experience. In a new introduction, written especially for this edition, Gans reflects on the past twenty years and their effect on the Levittown community.

The Levittowners: Ways of life and politics in a new suburban community

Columbia University Press

In 1955 Levitt and Sons, Inc. purchased almost all of Willingboro Township, New Jersey, a sparsely settled agricultural area seventeen miles from Philadelphia. They would build 1,200 homes; three basic house types would be erected; ten or twelve neighborhoods would emerge. This suburban experiment was the basis for one of the most famous case studies in urban sociology, Herbert J. Gans' The Levittowners. This classic work examines its subject from numerous angles: the beginnings of group life, the founding of churches, the emergence of party politics, family and individual adaptation, and other dimensions of the suburban experience. In a new introduction, written especially for this edition, Gans reflects on the past twenty years and their effect on the Levittown community.

The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community

O autor apresenta um estudo sobre o papel da cultura popular e da alta cultura na sociedade americana, defendendo o direito dos povos à cultura que escolherem. Analisa o "emburrecimento" cultural e outros exemplos da nova crítica de cultura de massa, traça mudanças nas preferências culturais e discute sobre o destino da cultura marginal, divergente e inovadora em uma sociedade em que a crescente desigualdade torna difícil a busca pelos modelos culturais do "American dream".

Cultura Popular e Alta Cultura

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