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"Theorizing the City is a welcome addition to the urban anthropology literature. The informative essays make clear that anthropology has much to offer to urban theory and public debates." -- Nancy Foner, editor of New Immigrants in New York and professor of anthropology at SUNY-Purchase
"Using rich comparative material, this volume presents an intriguing anthropological vision of how cities are shaped. A major addition to a comparative anthropology of cities, this volume demonstrates the complex structural and cultural forces that shape urban experience. -- Anonymous reviewer
"Using rich comparative material, this volume presents an intriguing anthropological vision of how cities are shaped. A major addition to a comparative anthropology of cities, this volume demonstrates the complex structural and cultural forces that shape urban experience. -- Anonymous reviewer
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This text presents 12 cross cultural case studies, written from an anthropological perspective, focussing on the analysis of space and place. They present theory and research on urban poverty, racism, globalization, and architecture.
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The post-civil rights era has witnessed the growth of the black middle class and increased class stratification in African American communities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The post-civil rights era has witnessed the growth of the black middle class and increased class stratification in African American communities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zongo headman, spatializing culture, cement kiosk, new zongo, intermediate wholesalers, preindustrial urbanism, local commercial sector, mai gida, defensible architecture, plaza users, homeless hotels, traditional urbanity, gourmet boom, closed condominiums, social spatialization, ecological gardening, new economic anthropology, culinary authenticity, modernist city planning, nonplace urban realm, divergent economies, auction arenas, fortified enclaves, spatial discourses, waterfront trail Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Hong Kong, Sabon Zongo, East Elmhurst, Sao Paulo, Los Angeles, Malam Bako, Parque Central, Civic Association, Costa Rica, United States, African American, University of California Press, Gold Coast, Ouro Preto, Sha'aibu Bako, Five Points, Cambridge University Press, North American, Central Atlanta Progress, Oxford University Press, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Kadri English, Lake Ontario, National Theater New!
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- Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore Bestor in Front Matter, page 238, and Back Matter
- Cities of the United States, Studies in Urban Anthropology by Leith Mullings in Front Matter, page 81, and page 82
- Black Corona by Steven Gregory in Front Matter, page 375, and Back Matter
- Landscape and Power in Vienna by Professor Robert T. Rotenberg in Front Matter, page 138, and page 165
- Black and Catholic in Savannah, Georgia by Gary W. McDonogh in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Not by Bread Alone: Social Support in the New Russia by Melissa L. Caldwell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Writing the City: Urban Visions and Literary Modernism (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) by Harding in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem by Leith Mullings in Back Matter
- Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World (California Studies in Food and Culture, 11) by Theodore C. Bestor in Back Matter
- City Building on the Eastern Frontier: Sorting the New Nineteenth-Century City (Creating the North American Landscape) by Diane Shaw in Back Matter
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