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The Romance of Culture in an Urban Civilisation : Robert E. Park on Race and Ethnic Relations in Cities / Barbara Ballis Lal.

"In this book, originally published in 1990, the author presents a general, critical overview of Robert E. Park and the Chicago school of American sociology. Lal concentrates on the contribution that Park and those working within the Chicago school tradition have made to the area of urban race...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Lal, Barbara Ballis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies.
Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies ; Volume 8.
Subjects:
Park, Robert Ezra, > 1864-1944.
Sociologists > United States > Biography.
Chicago school of sociology > History.
Sociology, Urban > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > Study and teaching > History > 20th century.
United States > Ethnic relations > Study and teaching > History > 20th century.
Chicago school of sociology.
Ethnic relations > Study and teaching.
Race relations > Study and teaching.
Sociologists.
Sociology, Urban > Study and teaching.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • chapter 1 SOCIAL CONTEXT AND INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHY
  • chapter 2 CULTURE, COMMUNICATION, AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • chapter 3 PARK'S APPROACH TO RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS
  • chapter 4 THE EMERGENCE OF AN ETHNOGRAPHIC TRADITION
  • chapter 5 IMMIGRANTS AND THE 'ETHNICITY PARADOX'
  • chapter 6 BRIGHT LIGHTS, IMPENDING SHADOWS': AFRO-AMERICAN MIGRATION TO NORTHERN CITIES
  • chapter 7 GETTING IT TOGETHER: A SCHEME OF INTERPRETATION.

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