{"product_id":"the-american-city-isbn-9781557869180","title":"The American City","description":"In this book Daniel Monti reconciles liberal and conservative viewpoints to claim that Americans are indeed a community of believers and that a viable and vital civic culture exists in the United States despite notions of difference and apathy.  Preface and Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003e1. What Makes the Good Society?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. We Are a Bourgeois People Who Made an Urban World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. On Small Towns and Their 'Citified' Ways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Civic Culture of American Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Belonging and Sharing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Piety and Tolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Private Lives and Public Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Doing Well by Doing Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Some Sort of Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Articles of Faith: Personal Adornment as a Communal Accomplishment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Private Entitlements as a Public Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Some Concluding Observations About the \"Good Old Days\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eThe American City\u003c\/i\u003e explores big questions about how we live now with a tantalizing mix of historical and sociological analysis. Although Monti addresses weighty matters that have inspired deep reflections from major social theorists, he does so in a simple, modest, and personal style that is exceptionally engaging.\" \u003ci\u003eStephan Thernstrom, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a very valuable addition to the literature on urbanism: a blend of sociology, political science, and history; a blend of hope and realism; of capitalism and community; of liberal and conservative perspectives. It amounts to a new ethical philosophy of urbanism by one of the few Americans qualified to write one.\" \u003ci\u003eRoger Lotchin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Monti's wonderful book illustrates an important theme: if American cities are not Utopia, neither are they the social disaster zones portrayed by their more apocalyptic critics. Extensively researched, \u003ci\u003eThe American City\u003c\/i\u003e is an extended personal reflection on America's urban experience. This appealing and highly readable book will unquestionably stimulate debate and discussion.\" \u003ci\u003ePaul Boyer, University of Wisconsin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Monti, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Boston University. He has written extensively on American ethnic relations, educational reform, civil unrest, youth gangs, and urban affairs. His other titles include \u003ci\u003eWannabe: Gangs in Suburbs and Schools\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eRace, Redevelopment and the New Company Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1990).  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes American have a sense of community and a vital civic culture?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAre disparate groups capable of uniting as a single people who can call themselves Americans?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDo Americans help each other for the common good?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Daniel J. Monti, Jr. addresses these questions in this wide-ranging volume spanning three hundred years of American urban life. He reconciles liberal and conservative viewpoints and responds unequivocally, that \"yes\", Americans are indeed a community of believers and that a viable and vital civic culture exists in the United States despite notions of difference and apathy. Civic life in the US has been based on a set of rules predicated on prosperity and order as guiding principles to achieve a balance between private lives and the larger public good. \u003ci\u003eThe American City\u003c\/i\u003e brings this notion forward and sheds a positive light on a world that focuses more often on the problems as opposed to the parts that work.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990155313381,"sku":"NP9781557869180","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781557869180.jpg?v=1761786714","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-american-city-isbn-9781557869180","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}