Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America 1st Edition

by Setha Low (Author)

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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"Provocative and disturbing, this much-needed book holds up an unsparing mirror to an unsettling sign of our times." - The New York Times

About the Author

Setha Low is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Theorizing the City: The New Urban Anthropology Reader; Housing, Culture, and Design; Cultural Spaces; and Place Attachment.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (April 25, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415944384
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415944380
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,992,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,318 in Geography (Books)
- #5,023 in Sociology of Urban Areas
- #6,366 in Anthropology (Books)

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Dina J.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2018

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Exactly what I needed for class.

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Alan Fox

insightful for those living outside the gates

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2007

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The findings of Behind the Gates provide opportunities for improvement in policy and design implications. It is likely that the trends and culture of society outweigh the conclusions drawn by this book. People will continue to demand gated communities, and developers will continue to build them, which is disappointing to say the least.

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barbara salvin

Book in excellent condition

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2014

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The book arrived in excellent condition! It expanded my thinking about why people move to gated communities. I thought the author made some interesting observations.

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broccoli_d

A major disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2009

As a person who was an anthopolgy major and graduate stuent who is now an urban planner, this book seemed like it was a perfect fit for my interests. Unfortunately, the author squanders what was a sure-thing opportunity to create a fascinating book by spending far too much time personalizing a few of her interviewees rather than really providing a strong critical overview of the subject of gated communities and their social and design implaications.

Behind the Gates gets off to a strong start when the author first provides an overview of her topic and introduces her study participants. However, the chance for this book to have a major impact is lost when she endlessly recounts her interactions with her subjects (including relatives she is visiting who "happen" to live in a gated community) while not spending enough time building an adequare theoretical framework. Using this approach slows the book down to a near-standstill and deprives the reader of the greater overview of the book's topic that its title promises. Due to approach used, Behing the Gates is unlikely to make a significant impact in either urban planning or anthropology--a belief that is corroborated by the fact that I am only the third person to review it.

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Andrew J. Williams

Thanks for the self-promoting reviews

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2011

I only found the one review to be of help, mostly because the other two already had their own conclusions, and one of them seems like it was written by the author, or her mother. Get real folks!

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