A World of Strangers: Order and Action in Urban Public Space

by Lyn H. Lofland

Book Overview

In traditional human societies, the stranger was a threat, to be disarmed at once by an act of force or by a ritual of hospitality. Under no conditions could a stranger be ignored or taken for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881331368
• ISBN13: 9780881331363
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Waveland Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.