
Private Pleasure, Public Plight
Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, and the Decline of Community
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. March 2018
Book
Hardback
174 pages
978-1-138-53077-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of three nations--the United States, Sweden, and England. The author focuses on how environment and culture interact to shape human behavior. Despite their many similarities, the three societies offer remarkably contrasting urban forms, and thus provide a unique opportunity for comparative research. The findings suggest goals for urban community development in America that can help regain a sense of human scale and establish more meaningful face-to-face contact among urban dwellers.
David Popenoe is professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He has had visiting appointments in the Centre for Environment Studies (London), the University of Stockholm, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Among his other books are: Distributing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies; The Suburban Environment: Sweden and the United States; Neighborhood, City and Metropolis; The Urban Industrial Frontier and a basic text on sociology that will soon appear in its seventh edition.
David Popenoe is professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He has had visiting appointments in the Centre for Environment Studies (London), the University of Stockholm, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Among his other books are: Distributing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies; The Suburban Environment: Sweden and the United States; Neighborhood, City and Metropolis; The Urban Industrial Frontier and a basic text on sociology that will soon appear in its seventh edition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-53077-5 (9781138530775)
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Hans Kummer | David Popenoe
Private Pleasure, Public Plight
Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, and the Decline of Community
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04/2018
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Private Pleasure, Public Plight
Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, and the Decline of Community
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04/2018
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Private Pleasure, Public Plight
Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, and the Decline of Community
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Persons
Hans Kummer
Content
Introduction; I: History; 1: The Rural to Urban Transition; 2: The Path to Metropolitan Life; II: Form; 3: The Metropolitan Setting: A Portrait of Three Metropolitan Areas; 4: Explaining the Dissimilarities of Metropolitan Form; III: Life; 5: Everyday Life in the Metropolitan Area; 6: The Structure of the Metropolitan Community; IV: Change; 7: The Metropolitan Community and the Privatization of Life; 8: Changing the Metropolitan Community in the United States