Dimensions
152 x 228 x 28mm
A Social and Cultural History.
- Does America have a sense of community and a vital civic culture?
- Are disparate groups capable of uniting as a single people who can call themselves "Americans"?
- Do Americans help each other for the common good?
Daniel J Monti, Jr. addresses these questions in this wide-ranging volume spanning 300 years of American urban life. He reconciles liberal and conservative viewpoints and responds, unequivocally, that "yes", Americans are indeed a community of believers and that viable and vital civic culture exists in the United States despite notions of difference and apathy. Civic life in the U.S. has been based on a set of rules predicted on prosperity and order as guiding principles to achieve a balance between private lives and the larger public good. 'The American City' brings this notion forward and sheds a positive light on a world that focuses more often on the problems as opposed to the parts that work.
Suitable for undergraduate and graduate level students studying cities in urban sociology, urban studies, geography, politics, American urban history; scholars and general readers.
