The Moral Order of a Suburb Reprint Edition
Author(s): M. P. Baumgartner (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: February 28, 1991
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195069951
- ISBN-13: 9780195069952
Book Description
"Direct, clearly written, and well-focused and provides a very provoking case study for those concerned with current moral practices and patterns."--Ethics
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Excellent social overview of suburban life."--Ken Munsell, Central Washington University"A refreshing addition to existing critiques of contemporary urban design and planning. It makes planners and designers ponder what kind of life the suburban built environment supports and facilitates."--Journal of the American Planning Association"In this litigious and impatient society, it is rare to find a documentation of community in which an underlying minimalist moral order produces an outer harmony that hides a level of detachment."--Marc Pilisuk, University of California--Davis"A very stimulating and well-written monograph, which should be appreciated by many undergraduate and graduate students."--Contemporary Sociology"An important contribution to our knowledge of social control in an increasingly significant segment of society, the metropolitan suburb. The study is rich with insight and understanding of the meanings of events in the context of suburban life."--Matthew Silberman, Bucknell University
From the Back Cover
In The Moral Order of a Suburb, sociologist M. P. Baumgartner explores the patterns of conflict and conflict management that lie behind suburbia's peaceful way of life. Based on detailed ethnographic research in an affluent suburb of New York City, her book describes the sources of friction in a suburban environment and documents the pronounced aversion to conflict that prevents most tensions there from escalating into hostile confrontation.
About the Author
M. P. Baumgartner is at Rutgers University.
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