SOAN 286. COMMUNITY Some
Additional Resources Landscape
and Architecture
The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes: Geographical
Essays, D.W. Menning (ed.) Landscapes: Selected Writings of J.B. Jackson, E. Zube (ed.) The Death and Life of Great American Cities, J. Jacobs Civic
participation and activism
The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale, F. Bryan
& J. McClaughry (esp. Ch. 12) Community Works: The
Revival of Civil Society in America, E.J. Dionne, Jr. R. Fullinwinder, Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal Almost Home: America’s Love-Hate Relationship with Community, D
Kirp Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America, E.J.
Dionne, Jr. Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, P. Loeb Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal, R. Fullinwider (ed.) The Rise of Urbanization and the Decline of Citizenship, M. Bookchin Community:
its nature and value
Community, Solidarity and Belonging: Levels of Community and their Normative
Significance, A Mason The Good Society, R. Bellah, et al. Individualism & Commitment in American Life, R. Bellah, et al.
(eds.) Remaking Society, M. Bookchin "Community in Seventeen Sensible Steps," W. Berry (UTNE Reader, 68:71) Utopian
Communities
Utopian Episodes, S. Kesten Amish Societies, J. Hostetler Internet,
Computer Communities
Culture of the Internet, S. Kiesler (ed.) Internet Culture, D. Porter (ed.) Women @ Internet: Creating New Cultures in Cyberspace, W. Harcourt (ed.)Cultures
of Internet, Rob Shield (ed.) “Are MUDS Communities? Identity,
Belonging, and Consciousness in Virtual Worlds”
H. Bromberg “Lonely Hearts, Classy Dreams, Empty Wallets” A. Waldman Technology
His and Hers: Gender, Consumption and Technology (esp. Ch. 8) The McDonaldization of Society, G. Ritzer Theory,
Philosophy, Social Thought
The Revival of Pragmatism, M. Dickstein (ed.) (esp.
“Community in the Pragmatic Tradition,” R. Bernstein) John Locke and the Origins of Private Property: Philosophical Explorations of The Seekers, D. Boorstin (e.g., Parts III, IV, & V) Voices of the Silenced: The Responsible Self in a Marginalized
Community, D. Trimiew “A Model for Christian Charity,” John Winthrop (1588-1649)
“The Declaration of Independence,” Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Autobiography and Poor Richard’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790) Letters from an American Farmer (1782), J. Hector St. John de
Crevecoeur Democracy in America (1835), Alexis de Tocqueville Middletown (1929) and Middletown in Transition (1937), Robert and
Helen Lynd Knowledge for What? (1939), Robert Lynd The Lonely Crowd (1950), David Reisman Organization Man (1956) William H. Whyte Americans Together (1977), Herve Varenne
American Literature Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan Bartleby (1854), Israel Potter (1855), Herman Melville Leaves of Grass and Democratic Vistas (1871), Walt Whitman
(1819-1892)
Historical Communities Blood relations: Caribbean Immigrants and the Harlem Community,
1900-1930, I. Watkins-Owen
International
Community Wealth and Freedom: An Introduction to Political Economy, D.
Levine Women and Social Change in Latin America, E. Jelin (ed.)
Structure
and Characteristics of Community The Community in Urban Society, Larry Lyon Who Rules America Now? W.
Domhoff (esp. Ch. 6 “Community Power Structures”) The Restructuring of American Religion, R. Wuthnow Why Survive? Being Old
in America, R. Butler |