| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 318 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index. |
| Contents |
A center city walking tour -- The reading terminal : a cosmopolitan canopy -- The Gallery Mall : the ghetto downtown -- Rittenhouse Square : the practice of civility -- The color line and the canopy -- Ethnos and cosmos -- The black middle class in public -- The "nigger moment" -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Sociologist Elijah Anderson introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy," the urban island of civility that exists amid the ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves in which segregation is the norm. Under the cosmopolitan canopy, diverse peoples come together and, for the most part, practice getting along. Anderson's study of this setting provides a new understanding of the complexities of present-day race relations and reveals the unique opportunities for cross-cultural communication and comity. |
| Subject |
City and town life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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Gentrification -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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| ISBN |
9780393071634 hardcover |
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0393071634 hardcover |
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