The taming of New York's Washington Square : a wild civility / Erich Goode. [electronic resource]

By:

Goode, Erich [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781479872718
1479872717

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F128.65.3

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Contents:

The people in the square -- Public space -- Defining deviance -- Social control -- Race -- Sex and gender in public -- The heterotopia.

Summary: "With rich and detailed observations as well as in-depth interviews, Goode demonstrates how onlookers, bystanders, and witnesses--both denizens and your average casual park visitor--provide an effective system of social control, keeping more serious wrongdoing in check. Goode also profiles the parks visitors, showing us that the park is a major draw to residents and tourists alike. Visitors come from all over; only a quarter of the park's visitors live in the neighborhood (the Village and SoHo), one out of ten are tourists, and one out of six are from upper Manhattan or the Bronx. Goode looks at the patterns of who visits the park, when they come, and, once in the park, where they go. Regardless of where they live, Goode argues, all of the Park's visitors help keep the park safe and lively."--Provided by publisher.

Item type: Online Book

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book	G. Allen Fleece Library Online	Non-fiction	F128.65.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1065537482

Includes bibliographies and index.

The people in the square -- Public space -- Defining deviance -- Social control -- Race -- Sex and gender in public -- The heterotopia.

"With rich and detailed observations as well as in-depth interviews, Goode demonstrates how onlookers, bystanders, and witnesses--both denizens and your average casual park visitor--provide an effective system of social control, keeping more serious wrongdoing in check. Goode also profiles the parks visitors, showing us that the park is a major draw to residents and tourists alike. Visitors come from all over; only a quarter of the park's visitors live in the neighborhood (the Village and SoHo), one out of ten are tourists, and one out of six are from upper Manhattan or the Bronx. Goode looks at the patterns of who visits the park, when they come, and, once in the park, where they go. Regardless of where they live, Goode argues, all of the Park's visitors help keep the park safe and lively."--Provided by publisher.

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