Housing and Identity

Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Herausgeber: Duncan, James S

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781041135623
• ISBN-10: 1041135629
• Artikelnr.: 75480918

Autorenporträt

James Duncan was Reader in Cultural Geography at the University of Cambridge and is an Emeritus Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has done both contemporary and historical research in Sri Lanka and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction James S.
Duncan 2. Identity and Environment: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Amos
Rapoport 3. From Container of Women to Status Symbol: The Impact of Social
Structure on the Meaning of the House James S. Duncan 4. Home Ownership and
Identity in Capitalist Societies John Agnew 5. Home Ownership and Social
Theory Nancy G. Duncan 6. The House as an Expression of Social Worlds
Gerry Pratt 7. Women, Home and Status Bonnie Loyd 8. The Place of Old Age:
The Meaning of Housing for Old People Edward Steinfeld. Notes on
Contributors. Index.