| Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life Contributor(s): Anderson, Elijah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393340511 ISBN-13: 9780393340518 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Minority Studies - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 307.760 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 338 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elijah Anderson, called one of our best urban ethnographers by the New York Times Book Review, introduces the concept of the cosmopolitan canopy: the urban islands of civility amid segregated ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, Elijah: - Elijah Anderson holds the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professorship in Sociology at Yale University, where he teaches and directs the Urban Ethnography Project. His most prominent works include the award-winning books Code of the Street and Streetwise. He lives in New Haven and Philadelphia. |