The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life

by Elijah Anderson

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Following his award-winning work on inner-city violence, Code of the Street, sociologist Elijah Anderson introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy"--the urban island of civility that exists amidst the ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves where segregation is the norm. Under the cosmopolitan canopy, diverse peoples come together, and for the most part practice getting along. Anderson's path-breaking study of this setting provides a new understanding...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393071634

ISBN13:9780393071634

Release Date:March 2011

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:318 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Minority Studies Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Urban

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