Cities, Classes, and the Social Order

Cities, Classes, and the Social Order
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781501713712
ISBN-13 : 150171371X
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Synopsis Cities, Classes, and the Social Order by : Anthony Lee

Cities, Classes, and the Social Order brings together nine conceptual and theoretical essays by the anthropologist, Anthony Leeds (1925–1989), whose pioneering work in the anthropology of complex societies was built on formative personal and research experiences in both urban and rural settings in the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, and Portugal. Leeds brought to his anthropology a simultaneous concern for science and humanism, and for explanation and interpretation. He constructed a nuanced and intricate vision of the connections among ecology, technology, history, evolution, structure, process, power, culture, social organization, and human creativity. The essays in this book draw on his approach to demarcate the role of cities in human history, the use and abuse of class analysis, the bases of power in complex societies, and an agenda for ethnographic and social-historical research in the contemporary world. In addition to major but little-known writings and an important essay on Marx here published for the first time in English, a selection of Leeds's ethnographically and politically inspired poems are included, as are several of his professionally exhibited photographs. In addition, introductory essays by R. Timothy Sieber and Roger Sanjek chart the course of Leeds's career and the development of his theoretical viewpoint.

Social Orders and Social Classes in Europe Since 1500

Social Orders and Social Classes in Europe Since 1500
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9781317896814
ISBN-13 : 1317896815
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Synopsis Social Orders and Social Classes in Europe Since 1500 by : M. L. Bush

This pioneering survey evaluates the notions of class and order throughout European history since 1500. After a general theoretical section on the concept of orders and class, the book provides discussions and case studies of the nobility, the clergy, the middle classes and the rural and urban proletariat. The studies are drawn from all over Europe, from early modern Castile to late Tsarist Russia. Contributors include Peter Burke, Stuart Woolf, A A Thompson and Joseph Bergin.

Dare the School Build a New Social Order?

Dare the School Build a New Social Order?
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 0809308789
ISBN-13 : 9780809308781
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Dare the School Build a New Social Order? by : George Sylvester Counts

George S. Counts was amajor figure in American education for almost fifty years. Republication of this early (1932) work draws special attention to Counts's role as a social and political activist. Three particular themes make the book noteworthy because of their importance in Counts's plan for change as well as for their continuing contem­porary importance: (1)Counts's crit­icism of child-centered progressives; (2)the role Counts assigns to teachers in achieving educational and social re­form; and (3) Counts's idea for the re­form of the American economy.

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9780791485460
ISBN-13 : 0791485463
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City by : Frank Harold Wilson

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology, and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution to the sociological canon.

The Preindustrial City: Past and Present

The Preindustrial City: Past and Present
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9780029289808
ISBN-13 : 0029289807
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Synopsis The Preindustrial City: Past and Present by : Sjoberg

From Simon & Schuster, The Preindustrial City by Gideon Sjoberg examines city life both in the past and present. In his work, Sjoberg takes readers on a journey through the history of cities—from their beginnings and the cities that were independently invented to the different economic, political, and religious structures common in cities.

Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes

Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781136698538
ISBN-13 : 1136698531
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes by : Laurajane Smith

Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes is both a celebration and commemoration of working class culture. It contains sometimes inspiring accounts of working class communities and people telling their own stories, and weaves together examples of tangible and intangible heritage, place, history, memory, music and literature. Rather than being framed in a 'social inclusion' framework, which sees working class culture as a deficit, this book addresses the question "What is labour and working class heritage, how does it differ or stand in opposition to dominant ways of understanding heritage and history, and in what ways is it used as a contemporary resource?" It also explores how heritage is used in working class communities and by labour organizations, and considers what meanings and significance this heritage may have, while also identifying how and why communities and their heritage have been excluded. Drawing on new scholarship in heritage studies, social memory, the public history of labour, and new working class studies, this volume highlights the heritage of working people, communities and organizations. Contributions are drawn from a number of Western countries including the USA, UK, Spain, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, and from a range of disciplines including heritage and museum studies, history, sociology, politics, archaeology and anthropology. Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes represents an innovative and useful resource for heritage and museum practitioners, students and academics concerned with understanding community heritage and the debate on social inclusion/exclusion. It offers new ways of understanding heritage, its values and consequences, and presents a challenge to dominant and traditional frameworks for understanding and identifying heritage and heritage making.

Social Structure and Social Mobility

Social Structure and Social Mobility
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9781135604387
ISBN-13 : 113560438X
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Structure and Social Mobility by : Neil L. Shumsky

First Published in 1996. Volume 7 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY of the ‘American Cities; series. This collection brings together more than 200 scholarly articles pertaining to the history and development of urban life in the United States during the past two centuries. Volume 7 looks at social class structure and social mobility. Its articles address questions that have intrigued historians for decades. What has been the class structure of American cities during the past two centuries? How much mobility has been possible? For whom has it been possible? What has been the relationship between social and geographic mobility? Finally, how have all kinds of Americans tried to improve their social status?

Social Control and Social Change

Social Control and Social Change
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Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781839474309
ISBN-13 : 1839474300
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Control and Social Change by : Liddell Henry

Socialization is predominately an unconscious process by which a new born child learns the values, beliefs, rules and regulations of society or internalizes the culture in which it born. Social control is described in detail at the end of the book. It is intended as a book for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology and a reference tool to the researchers and academic professionals this comprehensive and well-structured book presents in a systematic way the Social Control and Social Change. The book is undoubtedly a valuable asset for the students, researchers as well as teachers of sociology. In addition, general readers concerned with social aspects and social progress will find it extremely informative.

Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada

Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9780773576001
ISBN-13 : 0773576002
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Churches and Social Order in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Canada by : Michael Gauvreau

By examinng education, charity, community discipline, the relationship between clergy and congregations, and working-class religion, the contributors shift the field of religious history into the realm of the socio-cultural. This novel perspective reveals that the Christian churches remained dynamic and popular in English and French Canada, as well as among immigrants, well into the twentieth century.

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781444334845
ISBN-13 : 1444334840
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Globalised Minds, Roots in the City by : Alberta Andreotti

Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies. Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countries Features an innovative combination of approaches, methods, and techniques in its analyses of European post-national societies Reveals how segments of Europe’s urban population are adopting “exit” or “partial exit” strategies in respect to the nation state Utilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalization and mobility studies, and spatial class analysis Includes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, and classic questions of political representation and values