Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America - Softcover

Low, Setha

 
9780415950411: Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America

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In the last twenty years, thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. What has sparked this alarming trend? Low probes the hopes and fears of her subjects to portray the change in American middle-class values marked by the emergence of enclosed communities in the suburbs.

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Setha Low is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Theorizingthe City: The New Urban Anthropology Reader; Housing,Culture, and Design; Cultural Spaces; and PlaceAttachment.

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ISBN 10:  0415944384 ISBN 13:  9780415944380
Verlag: Routledge, 2003
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