Sociology - Wander City

Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life

alishpagda08@gmail.com2 months ago012 mins

Herbert J. Gans, an eminent sociologist who studied the communities and cultural bastions of America up close and shattered popular myths about urban and suburban life, poverty, ethnic groups and the news media, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. His death was confirmed by his son, David Gans. A refugee…

Where Have All the ‘Third Places’ Gone?

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Starbucks is “reclaiming the ‘third place.’” That’s what its chief executive, Brian Niccol, proclaimed in an October earnings call, after the coffee giant suffered a slide in sales and store traffic. He was echoing a statement he had made when he started the job in September — that he wanted to re-establish Starbucks as “a…