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Being Urban A Sociology of City Life

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ISBN-10: 0275956547

ISBN-13: 9780275956547

Edition: 3rd 2015

Authors: David A. Karp, Gregory P. Stone, William C. Yoels, Nicholas P. Dempsey

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Symbolic interaction is among the most central theoretical paradigms in sociology and the theory that most thoroughly attends to how individuals give meaning to their world--in this case, how city dwellers interpret and respond to their daily experiences as urbanites. This thoroughly updated edition of "Being Urban: A Sociology of City Life" remains true to this particular theoretical angle of vision--the symbolic interactionist approach--focusing on specific topics that are relatively neglected in other urban sociology texts, and that lend themselves to the kind of social-psychological analyses that define the distinctive conceptual core of the authors' efforts.After the first two chapters…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/9/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

David A. Karp is Professor of Sociology at Boston College, and the author of Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness and The Burden of Sympathy: How Families Cope with Mental Illness.