Being Urban

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. A major focus of inquiry is the strategies people use to create community in an environment where, many theorists believe, only alienation and progressive disintegration are possible. In the second edition of this important work, the authors have expanded their commitment to interdisciplinary perspectives and have also included chapters on significant topics that have been largely neglected in urban sociology.Part I provides a review of the themes of urban sociology developed by nineteenth-century classic theorists and early American social scientists. In Part II, the authors look at selected aspects of everyday city life, including the bases of community, the primacy of social interaction for an understanding of urban life, and conditions that produce the breakdown of urban tolerance for diversity of cultures and lifestyles. A new chapter in Part II studies women's experiences in cities. Part III explores institutional structures of urban life and broad patterns of cultural change, including a fascinating chapter on the distribution of power, stratification, and class structure in cities. Included in Part III is another new chapter, analyzing the role of sports in urban life. The final chapter discusses urban life in the postindustrial era, and the demographic, cultural, and historical factors that lie behind the ongoing transformation of American cities. This new edition offers a balanced treatment that avoids the anti-urban bias characteristic of much that has been written on the subject. Being Urban is appropriate for professionals and academics concerned with urban life, as well as for courses in urban sociology.

Politics & Social Sciences

Karp, David A.

Yoels, William C.

Stone, Gladys

Social Sciences

Praeger

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. A major focus of inquiry is the strategies people use to create community in an environment where, many theorists believe, only alienation and progressive disintegration are possible. In the second edition of this important work, the authors have expanded their commitment to interdisciplinary perspectives and have also included chapters on significant topics that have been largely neglected in urban sociology.
Part I provides a review of the themes of urban sociology developed by nineteenth-century classic theorists and early American social scientists. In Part II, the authors look at selected aspects of everyday city life, including the bases of community, the primacy of social interaction for an understanding of urban life, and conditions that produce the breakdown of urban tolerance for diversity of cultures and lifestyles. A new chapter in Part II studies women's experiences in cities. Part III explores institutional structures of urban life and broad patterns of cultural change, including a fascinating chapter on the distribution of power, stratification, and class structure in cities. Included in Part III is another new chapter, analyzing the role of sports in urban life. The final chapter discusses urban life in the postindustrial era, and the demographic, cultural, and historical factors that lie behind the ongoing transformation of American cities. This new edition offers a balanced treatment that avoids the anti-urban bias characteristic of much that has been written on the subject. Being Urban is appropriate for professionals and academics concerned with urban life, as well as for courses in urban sociology.

Symbols, Selves, and Society: Understanding Interaction

Sociology

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Book by Clair, Jeffrey Michael, Karp, David A., Yoels, William C.

Experiencing the Life Cycle: A Social Psychology of Aging

Clair, Jeffrey Michael

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Traditional introductory topics grounded in the stuff of daily life! The authors' goal in this volume is to present students with a conceptual framework--based on symbolic interactionism--that can be used to expose and explain the patterned regularities that underlie everyday social experiences. Sociology's value lies in its ability to provide fresh insights into events and situations that people might take for granted. Each chapter of this highly regarded text shows that there are underlying patterns to everyday life and that these patterns become obvious only when we begin to look very hard at everyday phenomena and then apply sociological concepts to them.

Sociology in Everyday Life

Waveland Pr Inc.

Employing a symbolic interaction perspective, the authors provide a unique contribution to the sociological literature by applying sociological concepts to everyday interactions in order to reveal the underlying patterns and order of everyday life. Readers thus gain fresh insights into events and situations that might otherwise be taken for granted. While the text's focus is primarily on processes of interaction, it also examines the nature of connections between social structures and everyday face-to-face encounters. The Third Edition has been completely revised and updated, offering readers an engaging treatment of issues that are resonant with their daily experiences. Moreover, boxed inserts throughout the book highlight current topics relevant to the book's general content, ranging from cultural differences in nonverbal gestures to the debate over the boundaries of gender and sex, from the proliferation of online dating to the implications of the contemporary self-help movement.

Sociology in Everyday Life, Third Edition

Vann, Barbara H.

Waveland Press. Inc.

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