William Helmreich, éminent professeur de sociologie, a consacré sa carrière à l'exploration de la tapisserie complexe de la société humaine. Ses recherches ont exploré la dynamique des relations raciales et ethniques, l'influence profonde de la religion et les effets transformateurs de l'immigration. Avec un accent particulier sur la sociologie urbaine, il a offert des analyses perspicaces du caractère unique de New York, examinant le comportement des consommateurs et les nuances de la prise de risques.
This comprehensive reader for an introductory sociology course is to be used to supplement a text. Drawn from professional journals, research monographs, "popular" mass market books, and from magazines, the sections in each chapter reflect four levels of cultural, structural/organizational, individual, and cross-national.
As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood. Decades later, his love for exploring the city is as strong as ever. Putting his feet to the test, he decided that the only way to truly understand New York was to walk virtually every block of all five boroughs-an astonishing 6,000 miles. His journey took him to every corner of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Helmreich spoke with hundreds of New Yorkers from every part of the globe and all walks of life. He finds that to be a New Yorker is to struggle to understand the place and to make a life that is as highly local as it is dynamically cosmopolitan. Truly unforgettable, The New York Nobody Knows will forever change how you view the world's greatest city