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Cities, Society, and Social Perception: A Central African Perspective

A Central African Perspective

Author: J. Clyde Mitchell  

The social and theoretical difficulties raised by the processes of urbanization and westernization have constituted a key problem in the urban sociology of developing countries and in urban anthropology. This study of social relationships in the towns of South Central Africa is based on material assembled by the author.

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The social and theoretical difficulties raised by the processes of urbanization and westernization have constituted a key problem in the urban sociology of developing countries and in urban anthropology. This study of social relationships in the towns of South Central Africa is based on material assembled by the author.

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The social and theoretical difficulties raised by the process of urbanization and westernization have constituted a key problem in the urban sociology of developing countries, in the sociology of development and in urban anthropology. This study of social relationships in the towns of South Central Africa is based on material the author assembled over 21 years of working in Africa.

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Critic Reviews

“'This latest work by Mitchell is of a high order and a genuine attempt to try and grasp the multidimentional aspects of context ... this work will hold a most important place in the history of urban anthropology, and for this reasn it is definitely recommended.'The Developing Economies”

'a rare example of a work which makes advances in all three areas ... This book is the summation of a lifetime's research and is distinguished by the maturity and conviction of the analyses advanced and judgements made.'European Sociological Review'This book is mainly recommended for those who want a very readable and theoretically-based summary of the early Central African urban studies, by someone who was there.'Urban Studies'the book offers a cogent assessment and re-elaboration of situational analysis, suggesting that some of its criticism has been misdirected. The book is principally and powerfully about sociological explanation, methodology and research techniques. It presents a well argued case for the reflexive interaction of empirical data collection and theoretical argument of which Mitchell's own work is the best proof.'Karen Tanberg Hansen, Northwestern University. Journal of Southern African Studies'J. Clyde Mitchell has been an authoritative figure investigating the anthropology of the urbanization process and urbanism in this part of the world for more than 40 years ... Cities, Society, and Social Perception, a handsome volume replete with numerous tables, diagrams and maps, represents the culmination of that work.'Carolein Levi, University of London, African affairs'a very readable and theoretically-based summary of the early Central African urban studies, by someone who was there'Margaret Peil, Birmingham University. Urban Studies

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About the Author

J. Clyde Mitchell is at Nuffield College, Oxford.

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The social and theoretical difficulties raised by the process of urbanization and westernization have constituted a key problem in the urban sociology of developing countries, in the sociology of development and in urban anthropology. This study of social relationships in the towns of South Central Africa is based on material the author assembled over 21 years of working in Africa.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA | Clarendon Press
Published
30th September 1987
Pages
400
ISBN
9780198232537

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