Books written by Mark Abrahamson

  • Out-of-wedlock Births: The United States in Comparative Perspective
    Out-of-wedlock Births: The United States in Comparative Perspective

    For further discussion , see especially chapter 2 in Mary Jo Bane and David T. Ellwood ( Eds . ) , Welfare Realities ( Cambridge , MA : Harvard University Press , 1994 ) . 6. See Mary Ellen Richmond , Marriage and the State ( New York ...

  • Urban Sociology
    Urban Sociology

    Susan S. Fainstein, Lily M. Hoffman, and Dennis R. Judd, “Introduction,” in Hoffman, Fainstein and Judd (Eds), Cities and Visitors. Blackwell, 2003. ... Quoted in Miriam Greenberg, “The Limits of Branding.

  • Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research
    Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research

    29 Jennifer Jerit, Jason Barabas and Scott Clifford, “Comparing Contemporaneous Laboratory and Field Experiments on Media Effects.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 77, 2013. Glossary. Blind: When subjects do not know if they are in the ...

  • Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction
    Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction

    This pattern illustrates the role of global cities as intermediaries-that is, as brokers or gatekeepers of the global network. Neal reports that with respect to global cities' roles as intermediaries, London and New York are again in a ...

  • Studying Cities: An Introduction to Urban Research Methods
    Studying Cities: An Introduction to Urban Research Methods

    A textbook designed to serve as an introduction to research methods, applied to the study of cities, and social life in cities.

  • Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction
    Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction

    This new textbook examines modern cities worldwide through two lenses: as the major nodes in the global economy, and as primary propagators of cultural ideas across the world.

  • Global Cities
    Global Cities

    Abrahamson's book, accessible to undergraduates with little background in sociology or social science, investigates the effect of globalizationon the world's major cities through an exploration of both the economic and...

  • Urban Enclaves

    In the new second edition, Abrahamson broadens the geographic and temporal scope to examine the formation of German communities in 19th century Brazil and American expatriate artists in post-WWI Paris.

  • Urban Enclaves
    Urban Enclaves

    -Robin R. Jones University of South Florida “ While I have used Urban Enclaves successfully in my Urban America course , I see the movement of the current edition— " Identity and Place in the World " – as the next logical step for this ...

  • Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction
    Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction

    The book emphasizes the transition from modern (industrial) to post-modern (post-industrial) eras and its effect on established and developing global cities, and arguments are supported with case studies for each of the main concepts of ...

  • Urban Sociology
    Urban Sociology

    Urban Sociology

  • Social Research Methods
    Social Research Methods

    Social Research Methods

  • Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research
    Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research

    This unique book is designed for use in research methods courses that primarily enroll students majoring in Urban Sociology, Urban Studies, Urban Geography, Urban Planning, and related areas.

  • Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research

    Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research

  • Global Cities
    Global Cities

    The book offers a detailed and multifaceted picture of such leading urban centers as London, New York, Tokyo, and Paris, but also branches out to other important cities in the world.

  • Urban Enclaves: Identity and Place in America
    Urban Enclaves: Identity and Place in America

    This brief, readable supplement asks the question, "How do communities which are as distinct as Boston's Beacon Hill and Chicago's South Side form in diverse urban areas and why?"