Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America

Author: 
Lee, Jennifer
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
Harvard University Press
Publication Location: 
Boston, MA
Description: 

Examining relationships among African-American, Jewish, and Korean merchants and their black customers in New York and Philadelphia, finds, contrary to frequent sensationalism of media coverage, that social order, routine, and civility are the norm. Illustrates how everyday civility is negotiated and maintained in daily interactions between merchants and their customers.

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