| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 741 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
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Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 643-712. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Part one: Urbanization and social organization -- Urbanization as process / Amos H. Hawley -- Urbanization, community, and the metropolitan problem / John D. Kasarda -- Life-style, leisure, and community life / William Kornblum, Terry Williams -- Changing social order of the Metropolitan area / Morris Janowitz, David Street -- Part two: Local and traditional ties -- Persistence of local sentiments in mass society / Albert Hunter -- Family and sex roles in urban society / Shirley Harkess -- Race, ethnicity, and community / Sidney Kronus -- Religion in urban society / Harry M. Johnson -- Part three: Social control in urban society -- Criminal justice: from colonial intimacy to bureaucratic formality / Theodore N. Ferdinand -- Education in urban society / Steven T. Bossert -- Welfare in the metropolitan area / Diana Pearce, David Street -- Social life and the physical environment / Harvey M. Choldin -- Part four: Communication and politics -- Television as a national medium / Paul M. Hirsch -- Print media in urban society / David Street, W. Paul Street -- Community and politics in city and suburb / David Street, Jeffrey L. Davidson -- Social planning and metropolitan growth / Mark D. Gottdiener -- Changing priorities for the urban heartland / Gerald D. Suttles -- Part five: Variations in urbanization -- Urbanization of rural area / Robert O. Richards -- Comparative perspectives on urbanization / Bryan R. Roberts -- Conclusion: life in urbanized America / David Street. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
City and town life -- United States.
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City and town life. |
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United States. |
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Urbanization -- United States.
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Urbanization. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Street, David, 1935- Handbook of contemporary urban life. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1978 (OCoLC)644621320 |
| ISBN |
0875893724 |
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9780875893723 |
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