1st Edition
The Public Realm Exploring the City's Quintessential Social Territory
By Lyn H. Lofland
Copyright 1998
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
305 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is about the "public realm," defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes into being whenever a piece of actual physical space is dominated by relationships between and among persons who are strangers to one another, as often occurs in urban bars, buses, plazas, parks,... Read more
Preface, Prologue, 1 Toward a Geography and History of the Public Realm, PART I CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUBLIC REALM: ASPECTS OF A SOCIAL TERRITORY, PART II OPPONENTS OF THE PUBLIC REALM: ASSAULTS ON A SOCIAL TERRITORY, Epilogue: The Future of the Public Realm, References, Index
Biography
Ronald L. Akers, Gary F. Jensen
