What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities.

• Careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities.
  
• Examines the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how this has changed over the last century.
  
• Interweaves a detailed study of the history...