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The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life

Elijah Anderson

Elijah Anderson, called "one of our best urban ethnographers" by the New York Times Book Review, introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy" the urban islands of civility amid segregated ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Mar 12nd, 2012
  • Pages: 338
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9780393340518
  • Categories: Sociology - UrbanMinority StudiesGothic & Romance

About the Author

Anderson, Elijah: - Elijah Anderson is Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University. His most prominent works include the award-winning books Code of the Street and Streetwise.

Praise for this book

The most important book on race relations in many years.--Randall Collins, president, American Sociological Association
Vintage Elijah Anderson--original, creative, engaging, and thought-provoking . . . . This book is a must-read.--William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Fascinating sociology and people-watching at its profound best.-- "Booklist"
Anderson's nuanced treatment of 'the social dynamics of racial inequality' and his precise observations . . . offer immediate pleasure.-- "Publishers Weekly"