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Exploring the City: Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology
Ulf Hannerz
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Description for Exploring the City: Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology
Paperback. A bold attempt to provide a coherent and unified theoretical understanding of urbanism that draws upon history, sociology, and geography, to bring intellectual unity to the history and development of urban anthropology. Num Pages: 378 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Within a relatively short time, urban anthropology has emerged as one of the most vital fields of anthropology. During its formative period, however, it has lacked intellectual coherence. Exploring the Cityis a bold first attempt to provide just such a coherent and unified theoretical understanding of urbanism. Hannerz draws upon the urban perspectives of other disciplines as well, such as history, sociology, and geography, to bring intellectual unity to the history and development of urban anthropology.
Within a relatively short time, urban anthropology has emerged as one of the most vital fields of anthropology. During its formative period, however, it has lacked intellectual coherence. Exploring the Cityis a bold first attempt to provide just such a coherent and unified theoretical understanding of urbanism. Hannerz draws upon the urban perspectives of other disciplines as well, such as history, sociology, and geography, to bring intellectual unity to the history and development of urban anthropology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231083768
SKU
V9780231083768
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About Ulf Hannerz
Ulf Hannerz is currently head of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Stockholm. His book anSoulside: Inquiries into Ghetto Culture and Community(CUP 1969) immediately established his reputation as one of the most perceptive and thoughtful observers of human life.
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