Being Urban: A Sociology of City Life - Softcover

Karp, David A.; Stone, Gregory P.; Yoels, William C.; Dempsey, Nicholas P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0275956547 ISBN 13: 9780275956547

Publisher: Praeger, 2015

Synopsis

This third edition of a classic urban sociology text examines critical but often-neglected aspects of urban life from a social-psychological theoretical perspective.

· Provides a complete analysis of the important social psychological dimensions of urban life that are often overlooked

· Supplies a comprehensive description of the 19th-century theoretical roots of urban sociology

· Enables readers to see concretely how theories are "applied" to illuminate the operation of a range of urban cultures, processes, and structures

· Considers a number of topics that are likely to resonate with readers personally, such as alternative approaches to the concept of "community," the daily organization of city life, and the phenomenon of urban tolerance of diversity

· Includes an up-to-date, new chapter on the arts and urban life

About this title

Book Description:

Urbanites gain a sense of community from factors other than geographical territory.

About the Author:

David A. Karp, PhD, is professor emeritus at Boston College where he taught for 42 years.

Gregory P. Stone, PhD, who died in 1981, was professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota.

William C. Yoels, PhD, retired as professor emeritus at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Nicholas P. Dempsey, PhD, is assistant professor of sociology at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0275956547
• ISBN 13: 9780275956547
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 360