Strangers in a Strange Land Humans in an Urbanizing World

Name: Strangers in a Strange Land Humans in an Urbanizing World
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ISBN: 9780393927276

ISBN-10: 039392727X

ISBN-13: 9780393927276

Edition: 2005

Authors: Douglas Massey, Jeffrey Alexander

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Drawing from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and sociology, this truly interdisciplinary study explores how the drive to find social connection has shaped the size, structure, and organization of human communities from the Stone Age to the post-industrial present. Focusing on three central factorsthe physical environment, social relations at the micro level, and social organization at the macro levelProfessor Massey argues that humans are genetically programmed to be physiologically, psychologically, and socially adapted to life in small groups and to organic natural environments. Despite this, most humans live in dense urban environments. "As biological organisms," Massey writes, "we…

Book details

List price: $13.75
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English