urban sociology

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the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.

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We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
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Young, hip, urban millennials are using tools like Instagram to become one of the fastest growing travel markets.
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His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
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The former provides entrepreneurial training and educational programs for youths from low-income urban areas around the world.
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Urban property and lands were assessed at values far beyond those at which the owners truly estimated them.
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Today in the cities, and particularly in the quickly growing urban areas, there are different conditions.
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But what, in the name of the great prince, is the meaning of her declining the urban expedition?
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I could find no solution, unless it be that instinctive belief of a city-bred civilization that all joys are urban.
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At sight of him Urban smiled again, and would have spoken; for he recognized the great Duke.
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