{"product_id":"harvard-square-9780231209281","title":"Harvard Square","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime Harvard Square denizen, tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their own Main Streets and downtowns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurco brings a novelist’s subtle sense of character, place, and pacing to an incisive, truly new consideration of a universal, though often invisible, fact of life: how we relate to where we live. And, on a deeper level, how we relate to change. A twenty-first-century Jane Jacobs, Turco’s intellect, compassion, and commitment come through each page. -- Lea Carpenter, author of \u003ci\u003eEleven Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed, White, Blue: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lovely, well-told story that will change how you think about markets, marketplaces, and perhaps even your own shopping. -- Joseph L. Badaracco, author of \u003ci\u003eStep Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurco's history will forever change my daily commute of walking through Harvard Square. She provides amazing insight into the changes that have happened and will continue to happen, and clarifies that those who observe that the Square is changing are repeating an observation that has existed for centuries. -- Max H. Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Square \u003c\/i\u003eis an emotionally gripping historical ethnography, powerfully connected to both the archive and to the lived experience of our attachments to a real street-level market and the people within it. -- Peter Bearman, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWorking for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an intellectual and emotional revelation about why street-level marketplaces—the places where people dine and shop, meet others, and feel part of the scene—mean so much to them and why this 'love story' is inherently fraught. It is original and insightful about both markets and people. -- Cecilia L. Ridgeway, author of \u003ci\u003eStatus: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurco uses the example of Harvard Square, a neighborhood she knows well and loves dearly, to examine the role of marketplaces in our lives. She shows how we develop affective ties to these dynamic markets, and then deplore the changes that market forces bring about. This book raises important questions about the tensions between markets and communities, and the extent to which we both crave and resist change. -- Mary Waters, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eYou will simply fall in love with how Turco draws you in and how she guides you to appreciate the paradox that markets are both source for, and threat to, what is sacred and intimate in our lives. -- Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan, MIT Sloan\u003cbr\u003eI think everyone should read this absorbing, deeply reported love story. * Cambridge Day *\u003cbr\u003eWe are upset when market forces threaten the things we think are sacred. Turco hammers the point home: “That which gives us a sense of ontological security also takes it away. Who wouldn’t get upset by that?” * Arts Fuse *\u003cbr\u003eThis is what Turco calls a 'crazy love' for the local marketplace — a feeling so strong it can stir a socialist. And her project is to understand its power. * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eTurco takes a deep dive into what it is that makes a Main Street or community center special to its denizens. Her historically informed account will certainly resonate with those with fond memories of the Square’s past iterations. * Harvard Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Sacred Sundays\u003cbr\u003e1. A Love Story Told from the Street Level\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: A Lot of the Same, A Lot of Change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Not What It Used to Be\u003cbr\u003e3. The Times They Are (Always) A-Changin’\u003cbr\u003e4. A Tricky Relationship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Crazy Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Crazy Love\u003cbr\u003e6. Everybody Get Together\u003cbr\u003e7. Forever Young\u003cbr\u003e8. Outside Agitators\u003cbr\u003e9. Whose Square? The Battle for Control\u003cbr\u003e10. Pulling Away\u003cbr\u003e11. Different Markets, Different Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Our Markets, Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e13. Reclaiming the Street Level: COVID-19 and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400375574871,"sku":"9780231209281","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231209281.jpg?v=1730470536","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harvard-square-9780231209281","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}