Small-town America [[electronic resource] ] : finding community, shaping the future / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760973 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Communities - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Republicans
Suzanne Keller abortion agriculture antipathy athletics big government bureaucracy career opportunities caring children church closure civic responsibilities class college community life community spirit community ties community creationism economic decline education educators employment ethnic diversity evolution family frog-pond effect future planning gentry grassroots activism higher education homecoming festivals homosexuality immigration job opportunities leaders leadership living standards loyalty membership criteria metropolitan areas money moral decline nature neighborliness neighbors parents pensioners politics population decline populism public officials racial diversity religion religious buildings religious congregations religious organizations religious participation respect ritual school curriculum self-identity service class slow pace small towns small-town life social innovation social networks social strata socioeconomic status stereotypes sustainable energy technology territory townspeople voluntary organizations wageworkers welfare work young people |
ISBN |
1-299-40278-X
1-4008-4649-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Profiles -- Preface -- 1- Introduction -- 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns -- 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns -- 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind -- 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money -- 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community -- 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations -- 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life -- 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism -- 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future -- 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns -- Afterword -- Methodology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779412703321 |
Wuthnow Robert
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
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Street vending in the neoliberal city : a global perspective on the practices and policies of a marginalized economy / / edited by Kristina Graaff and Noa Ha |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.18 |
Soggetto topico |
Street vendors - Social conditions
Street vendors - Economic conditions Peddling - Social aspects Peddling - Economic aspects Informal sector (Economics) Urban economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthology
anthropology berlin business cities city life cooking culture diverse economies economic activity economic practices engaging ethnicity family food and wine global ties harlem history local economies local food marginalized economies mexico city neighbors new york city northern hemisphere nostalgia opportunism retail small business social issues street food street vending street vendors urban centers urban practices |
ISBN | 1-78238-835-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures; Introduction - Street Vending in the Neoliberal City: A Global Perspective on the Practices and Policies of a Marginalized Economy; Part I - Responding to Urban and Global Neoliberal Policies; Chapter 1 - Flexible Families: Latina/o Food Vending in Brooklyn, New York; Chapter 2 - Street Vending and the Politics of Space in New York City; Chapter 3 - Creative Resistance: The Case of Mexico City's Street Artisans and Vendors; Part II - Street Vending and Ethnicity; Chapter 4 - Metropolitan Informality and Racialization: Street Vending in Berlin's Historical Center
Chapter 5 - Selling Memory and Nostalgia in the Barrio: Mexican and Central American Women (Re)Create Street Vending Spaces in Los Angeles Chapter 6 - Ethnic Contestations over African American Fiction: The Street Vending of Street Literature in New York City; Part III - The Spatial Mobility of Urban Street Vending; Chapter 7 - The Urbanism of Los Angeles Street Vending; Chapter 8 - Selling in Insecurity, Living with Violence: Eviction Drives against Street Vendors in Dhaka and the Informal Politics of Exploitation Chapter 9 - The Street Vendors Act and Pedestrianism in India: A Reading of the Archival Politics of the Calcutta Hawker Sangram CommitteePart IV - Historical Accounts of Street Vending; Chapter 10 - Street Vending, Political Activism, and Community Building in African American History: The Case of Harlem; Chapter 11 - The Roots of Street Commerce Regulation in the Urban Slave Society of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797911603321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 | ||
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Street vending in the neoliberal city : a global perspective on the practices and policies of a marginalized economy / / edited by Kristina Graaff and Noa Ha |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.18 |
Soggetto topico |
Street vendors - Social conditions
Street vendors - Economic conditions Peddling - Social aspects Peddling - Economic aspects Informal sector (Economics) Urban economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthology
anthropology berlin business cities city life cooking culture diverse economies economic activity economic practices engaging ethnicity family food and wine global ties harlem history local economies local food marginalized economies mexico city neighbors new york city northern hemisphere nostalgia opportunism retail small business social issues street food street vending street vendors urban centers urban practices |
ISBN | 1-78238-835-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures; Introduction - Street Vending in the Neoliberal City: A Global Perspective on the Practices and Policies of a Marginalized Economy; Part I - Responding to Urban and Global Neoliberal Policies; Chapter 1 - Flexible Families: Latina/o Food Vending in Brooklyn, New York; Chapter 2 - Street Vending and the Politics of Space in New York City; Chapter 3 - Creative Resistance: The Case of Mexico City's Street Artisans and Vendors; Part II - Street Vending and Ethnicity; Chapter 4 - Metropolitan Informality and Racialization: Street Vending in Berlin's Historical Center
Chapter 5 - Selling Memory and Nostalgia in the Barrio: Mexican and Central American Women (Re)Create Street Vending Spaces in Los Angeles Chapter 6 - Ethnic Contestations over African American Fiction: The Street Vending of Street Literature in New York City; Part III - The Spatial Mobility of Urban Street Vending; Chapter 7 - The Urbanism of Los Angeles Street Vending; Chapter 8 - Selling in Insecurity, Living with Violence: Eviction Drives against Street Vendors in Dhaka and the Informal Politics of Exploitation Chapter 9 - The Street Vendors Act and Pedestrianism in India: A Reading of the Archival Politics of the Calcutta Hawker Sangram CommitteePart IV - Historical Accounts of Street Vending; Chapter 10 - Street Vending, Political Activism, and Community Building in African American History: The Case of Harlem; Chapter 11 - The Roots of Street Commerce Regulation in the Urban Slave Society of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820334003321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 | ||
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Tokyo vernacular [[electronic resource] ] : common spaces, local histories, found objects / / Jordan Sand |
Autore | Sand Jordan <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 952/.13504 |
Soggetto topico |
Historic preservation - Japan - Tokyo - History - 20th century
Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Japan - Tokyo - History - 20th century Architecture - Government policy - Japan - Tokyo - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
asian history city life close knit communities crowded cities culture engaging gardens historic architectural preservation historic districts historical value japan material culture modernizing cityscape neighbors physical environment politics preserved buildings public space regional japan repeated destruction retrospective social history sociology spaces and architectures suburban suburbs theoretical tokyo traditional landmarks urban life urban urbanism vernacular architecture |
ISBN |
0-520-27566-7
0-520-95698-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Rediscovering Tokyo's Vernacular -- 1. Hiroba: The Public Square and the Boundaries of the Commons -- 2. Yanesen: Writing Local Community -- 3. Deviant Properties: Street Observation Studies -- 4. Museums, Heritage, and Everyday Life -- Conclusion: History and Memory in a City without Monuments -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779890303321 |
Sand Jordan <1960->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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