Urban Anthropology: The Basics

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-95678-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: The Basics

This book is a clearly and accessibly written short guide to the contemporary state of urban anthropology. It outlines what urban anthropologists study, how they do so, and what they have learned about urbanization and urbanism in the past and present in a way that makes sense to readers new to the field. Topics covered include:

- Urban community and identity

- Urban politics and economics

- The relationship between culture and the built environment

- Urban nature, climate change, and green urbanism

- The development of urban anthropology

Accompanying the main text are shaded boxes describing key works and key concepts related to the central points of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a bibliography. This text is essential reading for students interested in cities, urban life, the built environment, and social and political dynamics.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brash, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: How Anthropologist Study Urban Space  2: Urban Identity and Community  3: Urban Production and Exchange  4: Urban Power and Politics  5: Reading the Material City  6: Urban Nature

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Brash is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Urban Humanities Program at Montclair State University. He is the former editor-in-chief of City & Society, as well as the president-elect of the Critical Urban Anthropology Association. He is the author of Bloomberg’s New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury City (2011, University of Georgia Press), as well as numerous articles in anthropology and urban studies journals, book chapters, and other publications addressing urban development, planning, culture, and political economy.