{"product_id":"the-public-realm-exploring-the-citys-quintessential-social-territory","title":"The Public Realm: Exploring the City's Quintessential Social Territory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the \"public realm \" defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes into being whenever a piece of actual physical space is dominated by relationships between and among persons who are strangers to one another  as often occurs in urban bars  buses  plazas  parks  coffee houses  streets  and so forth. More specifically  the book is about the social life that occurs in such social-psychological spaces (the normative patterns and principles that shape it  the relationships that characterize it  the aesthetic and interactional pleasures that enliven it) and the forces (anti-urbanism  privatism  post-war planning and architecture) that threaten it. The data upon which the books analysis is based are diverse: direct observation; interviews; contemporary photographs  historic etchings  prints and photographs  and historical maps; histories of specific urban public spaces or spatial types; and the relevant scholarly literature from sociology  environmental psychology  geography  history  anthropology  and architecture and urban planning and design. Its central argument is that while the existing body of accomplished work in the social sciences can be reinterpreted to make it relevant to an understanding of the public realm  this quintessential feature of city life deserves much more u it deserves to be the object of direct scholarly interest in its own right. Choice noted that: \"The authors writing style is unusually accessible  and the often fascinating narrative is generously supported by well-chosen photos.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963279437877,"sku":"ByrdShop_0202306089","price":39.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780202306087.jpg?v=1770410585","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-public-realm-exploring-the-citys-quintessential-social-territory","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}