{"product_id":"the-unbounded-community-kenneth-a-scherzer-9780822312284","title":"The Unbounded Community: Neighborhood Life and Social Structure in New York City, 1830-1875","description":"Stick ball, stoop sitting, pickle barrel colloquys: The neighborhood occupies a warm place in our cultural memory--a place that Kenneth A. Scherzer contends may have more to do with ideology and nostalgia than with historical accuracy. In this remarkably detailed analysis of neighborhood life in New York City between 1830 and 1875, Scherzer gives the neighborhood its due as a complex, richly textured social phenomenon and helps to clarify its role in the evolution of cities.\u003cbr\u003eAfter a critical examination of recent historical renderings of neighborhood life, Scherzer focuses on the ecological, symbolic, and social aspects of nineteenth-century community life in New York City. Employing a wide array of sources, from census reports and church records to police blotters and brothel guides, he documents the complex composition of neighborhoods that defy simple categorization by class or ethnicity. From his account, the New York City neighborhood emerges as a community in flux, born out of the chaos of May Day, the traditional moving day. The fluid geography and heterogeneity of these neighborhoods kept most city residents from developing strong local attachments. Scherzer shows how such weak spatial consciousness, along with the fast pace of residential change, diminished the community function of the neighborhood. New Yorkers, he suggests, relied instead upon the \"unbounded community,\" a collection of friends and social relations that extended throughout the city.\u003cbr\u003eWith pointed argument and weighty evidence, \u003ci\u003eThe Unbounded Community\u003c\/i\u003e replaces the neighborhood of nostalgia with a broader, multifaceted conception of community life. Depicting the neighborhood in its full scope and diversity, the book will enhance future forays into urban history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth A. Scherzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082231228X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822312284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Kenneth A. Scherzer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483719217407,"sku":"9780822312284","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55f3642b-008e-42f4-9b03-ef8eb20a26e7.jpg?v=1778040209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unbounded-community-kenneth-a-scherzer-9780822312284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}