{"product_id":"the-urban-ethnography-reader-paperback","title":"The Urban Ethnography Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Duneier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Kasinitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban ethnography is the firsthand study of city life by investigators who immerse themselves in the worlds of the people about whom they write. Since its inception in the early twentieth century, this great tradition has helped define how we think about cities and city dwellers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe past few decades have seen an extraordinary revival in the field, as scholars and the public at large grapple with the increasingly complex and pressing issues that affect the ever-changing American city-from poverty to the immigrant experience, the changing nature of social bonds to mass incarceration, hyper-segregation to gentrification. As both a method of research and a form of literature, urban ethnography has seen a notable and important resurgence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis renewed interest demands a clear and comprehensive understanding of the history and development of the field to which this volume contributes by presenting a selection of past and present contributions to American urban ethnographic writing. Beginning with an original introduction highlighting the origins, practices, and significance of the field, editors Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, and Alexandra Murphy guide the reader through the major and fascinating topics on which it has focused -- from the community, public spaces, family, education, work, and recreation, to social policy, and the relationship between ethnographers and their subjects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn indispensable guide, \u003cem\u003eThe Urban Ethnography Reader\u003c\/em\u003e provides an overview of how the discipline has grown and developed while offering students and scholars a selection of some of the finest social scientific writing on the life of the modern city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitchell Duneier\u003c\/strong\u003e is Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and a regular visiting professor at the City University of New York. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSidewalk and Slim's Table\u003c\/em\u003e, recipient of the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Publication Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Kasinitz \u003c\/strong\u003eis Presidential Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eCaribbean New York\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author of \u003cem\u003eInheriting the City\u003c\/em\u003e, also the recipient of the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Publication Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra K. Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan, received her doctorate in sociology from Princeton in 2012. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends: Poverty in an American Suburb\u003c\/em\u003e, to be published by Oxford.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 896\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47946114433245,"sku":"9780199743575","price":176.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/FI7FC-5_mS9780199743575.webp?v=1779346356","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-urban-ethnography-reader-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}