Urban Life: Readings in the Anthropology of the City - Softcover

Zenner, Gmelch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157766194X ISBN 13: 9781577661948

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This authoritative introduction to the study of human beings and their cultural institutions in cities offers twenty-six readings more than one-half new or revised for the Fourth Edition that form a rich blend of classic studies of enduring interest and important new research. Impressive in scope, the latest edition offers an entirely new section on globalization and transnationalism.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Dei, Ties That Bind: Youth and Drugs in a Black Community (ISBN 9781577661993) and Lyon, The Community in Urban Society (ISBN 9781577660712).

From the Inside Flap:

"An excellent book for students interested in classic and contemporary readings in urban anthropology. The book provides a good look at how anthropologists have tried to understand cities and city life." Patricia San Antonio, University of Maryland "This is a first-class reader that covers the field very completely." Alan Smart, University of Calgary "An excellent book broad in scope, very readable, and very teachable. In addition, it is popular with my students." Julia Goggin, University of Connecticut "I have been teaching urban anthropology for years and this book is simply the only edited text that meets the needs of my students." Jay Sokolovsky, University of South Florida

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 157766194X
• ISBN 13: 9781577661948
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Gmelch George, Zenner Walter P.