The Fall of Public Man [Paperback]

A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society,A powerful argument for a more formal public culture and a swipe against therise of a self-indulgent counter-culture.Brilliant. . . . One admires the breadth of Professor Sennetts erudition,the reach of his historical imagination, the doggedness of his analysis.Provocative. . . . Sennett brings us to an undeniably recognizable place, thecontemporary urban scene.A landmark study of urban society, reissuedfor the 40th anniversaryof the original publication with anew epilogue by the author.