
Community
Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality
Suzanne Keller(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 26. January 2003
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-691-09564-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book tells the story of how a human community comes to be and how aspirations for the good life confront the dilemmas and detours of real life. Suzanne Keller combines penetrating analysis of classic ideas about community with a remarkable and unprecedented thirty-year case study of one of the first "planned unit developments" in America and the first in New Jersey. Twin Rivers, this pioneering venture, featured townhouses and shared spaces for children's play and adult work and play in a society that stresses individual over collective goals and private over public concerns. Hence the timeless questions asked over millennia: How does an aggregate of strangers create an identity of place, shared goals, viable institutions, and a spirit of mutuality and reciprocity? What obstacles stand in the way and how are these overcome? And how does design generate (or deter) community spirit?
Reviews / Votes
Suzanne Keller has given us a new classic in the study of community ... perhaps the most comprehensive account of community formation and development ever written... [A] superb addition to the study of community. Methodologically strong and theoretically sophisticated, this book makes an important contribution to urban studies and sociology more broadly. -- Alexander R. Thomas Contemporary Sociology Although many books have been written about community, this one is unique for combining background information with a detailed case study. [Keller demonstrates] passion for her subject and superior scholarship. Library JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
38 Tabellen, 19 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
18 halftones. 38 tables.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-09564-6 (9780691095646)
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Person
Suzanne Keller is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Princeton University. She was the first woman in the history of Princeton to receive tenure. Her many writings include "The Urban Neighborhood" and "Beyond the Ruling Class" (both Random House), the pioneering textbook "Sociology" (McGraw-Hill), and hundreds of articles on a wide range of subjects.