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By Rivke Jaffe,Anouk De Koning

This e-book presents an updated advent to the $64000 and growing to be box of city anthropology. this can be an more and more serious quarter of analysis, as greater than half the world's inhabitants now lives in towns and anthropological examine is more and more performed in an city context. Exploring modern anthropological methods to the city, the authors consider:



  • How do we outline city anthropology?

  • What are the most issues of twenty-first century city anthropological research?

  • What are the prospective destiny instructions within the field?

The chapters disguise issues similar to city mobilities, place-making and public house, creation and intake, politics and governance. those are illustrated via vigorous case reviews drawn from a various diversity of city settings within the international North and South. obtainable but theoretically incisive, Introducing city Anthropology will be a priceless source for anthropology scholars in addition to of curiosity to these operating in city stories and comparable disciplines corresponding to sociology and geography.

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This booklet presents an up to date creation to the $64000 and starting to be box of city anthropology. this can be an more and more serious zone of analysis, as greater than 1/2 the world's inhabitants now lives in towns and anthropological learn is more and more performed in an city context. Exploring modern anthropological ways to the city, the authors consider:How will we outline city anthropology?

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