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The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life
The Cosmopolitan Canopy Race and Civility in Everyday Life Author:Elijah Anderson An acclaimed sociologist illuminates the public life of an American city, offering a major reinterpretation of the racial dynamics in America.Elijah Anderson, called "one of our best urban ethnographers" by the New York Times Book Review, introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy": the urban islands of civility amid segregated ghettos, ... more »suburbs, and ethnic enclaves.« less