The American City : Civic Culture in Sociohistorical Perspective

Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm. Light marks and scuffs to cover. Clean pages, free from notes or highlighting. Bindings firm, spine intact. A good used copy with no major defects. Publisher's note: 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 three hundred years of American civic life. He reconciles the views of liberal and conservative urbanists, and answers that yes, Americans are indeed a community of believers, and that a viable and vital urban culture exists in the United States despite notions of division and apathy. In a series of portraits of small, medium-sized, and large American cities, Monti reveals urban America in a positive light, a place where people work together for the common good.--BOOK JACKET. Size: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm. viii, 391 pp. Category: Sociology, Urban; United States; Cities and towns; City and town life; Community life; 10; ISBN: 1557869189. Add. Inventory No: 220330QNSW020039. .