An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.
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.
The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
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Author(s)Elijah Anderson
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
ISBN / ASIN0393340511
ISBN-139780393340518
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Sales Rank242,268
CategorySocial Science
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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