Alexander R Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 286683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander R Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander R |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Oneonta |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8185-6828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Covid-19 and Social Capital Loss: The Results of a Campus Outbreak
Social capital as mediating factor on Covid‐19 induced psychological distress: The case of college students living through an outbreak
This investigation examines the interplay between individual‐level social capital, psychological distress, and the effects of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak on a college campus. Data were collected from students at two colleges in early 2021. Hypotheses were formed based on prior research on social capital and the COVID pandemic. A structural equation model was constructed to allow the modeling of both latent and observed variable…
Social systems and community development: Cooperstown, New York, and its imitators
This article explores a distinction between two types of community and economic development: System-Oriented Development (SOD) and Project-Oriented Development (POD). SOD is understood as the development that seeks to build on long-term trajectories in community evolution, and it is argued that such projects will have a higher chance of success. In contrast, POD is based on individual projects that are developed within a narrower range of concern…
What Makes Urban Life Possible: On the Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems
This article introduces and explains a novel concept - the urban-rural system - as a means for addressing the question, what makes urban life possible? To address this question, the authors examine the archaeological record from the first agrarian villages, market towns, and eventual first cities that arose during the late Paleolithic through early Neolithic world of the Fertile Crescent (roughly modern-day Syria and Iraq). Following this, they r…
Urbanormativity and the spatial demography of suburbia: A response to Meyer and Graybill
In their recent article in Urban Geography on “The Suburban Bias of American Society?”, William Meyer and Jessica Graybill review a number of mechanisms that enable suburbs to have advantages over
Urbanization as the Cause of Cities: Notes from the Near East and the Northeast
The concept of urbanization has long been used to refer to the growth of cities in a particular region. The definition of a city is notoriously vague, however, and as such using their growth as a mechanism for understanding urbanization is highly problematic. In addition, the sequence of events leading to the urbanization of a region does not indicate that cities necessarily lead to the effects with which urbanization is commonly associated, but …
Urbanization before Cities: Lessons for Social Theory from the Evolution of Cities
This article examines the role of the world-system in the structure of cities. Data from the evolution of cities in the Fertile Crescent shows that a number of traits of modern cities were also present in the earliest cities. Specifically, mass production, social differentiation and inequality, cultural mechanisms utilized for social control, and a tendency even a need for territorial expansion were all characteristic of ancient cities. Such char…
The Rural: Critical Essays in Human Geography - Edited by Richard Munton
The Rural: Critical Essays in Human Geography , edited by Richard Munton , Surrey, England : Ashgate , 2008 . 562 pp. $275.00 (hardcover), ISBN : 0754627217 . When the reader considers The Rural, images of rolling hillsides of agricultural fields, densely nucleated villages, and rugged people wearing heavy fabrics come to mind. The cognitive corrective comes next, and the reader blushes at the recognition of the stereotyped ideas that inform thos…
After the Disaster: Re‐creating Community and Well‐Being at Buffalo Creek since the Notorious Coal‐Mining Disaster in 1972 , by T.P. Schwartz‐Barcott
Interkulturelle Kompetenzen im internationalen Management
Harlem Between Heaven and Hell
Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality
Racism and Psychiatry
The Development of the Overseas Civil Service
Harlem Between Heaven and Hell
Covid-19 and Social Capital Loss: The Results of a Campus Outbreak
Urbanormativity and the spatial demography of suburbia: A response to Meyer and Graybill
In their recent article in Urban Geography on “The Suburban Bias of American Society?”, William Meyer and Jessica Graybill review a number of mechanisms that enable suburbs to have advantages over
Social systems and community development: Cooperstown, New York, and its imitators
This article explores a distinction between two types of community and economic development: System-Oriented Development (SOD) and Project-Oriented Development (POD). SOD is understood as the development that seeks to build on long-term trajectories in community evolution, and it is argued that such projects will have a higher chance of success. In contrast, POD is based on individual projects that are developed within a narrower range of concern…
Urbanization as the Cause of Cities: Notes from the Near East and the Northeast
The concept of urbanization has long been used to refer to the growth of cities in a particular region. The definition of a city is notoriously vague, however, and as such using their growth as a mechanism for understanding urbanization is highly problematic. In addition, the sequence of events leading to the urbanization of a region does not indicate that cities necessarily lead to the effects with which urbanization is commonly associated, but …
Urbanization before Cities: Lessons for Social Theory from the Evolution of Cities
This article examines the role of the world-system in the structure of cities. Data from the evolution of cities in the Fertile Crescent shows that a number of traits of modern cities were also present in the earliest cities. Specifically, mass production, social differentiation and inequality, cultural mechanisms utilized for social control, and a tendency even a need for territorial expansion were all characteristic of ancient cities. Such char…
Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality
Social capital as mediating factor on Covid‐19 induced psychological distress: The case of college students living through an outbreak
This investigation examines the interplay between individual‐level social capital, psychological distress, and the effects of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak on a college campus. Data were collected from students at two colleges in early 2021. Hypotheses were formed based on prior research on social capital and the COVID pandemic. A structural equation model was constructed to allow the modeling of both latent and observed variable…
What Makes Urban Life Possible: On the Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems
This article introduces and explains a novel concept - the urban-rural system - as a means for addressing the question, what makes urban life possible? To address this question, the authors examine the archaeological record from the first agrarian villages, market towns, and eventual first cities that arose during the late Paleolithic through early Neolithic world of the Fertile Crescent (roughly modern-day Syria and Iraq). Following this, they r…
The Development of the Overseas Civil Service
Racism and Psychiatry
Harlem Between Heaven and Hell
Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality
Interkulturelle Kompetenzen im internationalen Management
After the Disaster: Re‐creating Community and Well‐Being at Buffalo Creek since the Notorious Coal‐Mining Disaster in 1972 , by T.P. Schwartz‐Barcott
The Rural: Critical Essays in Human Geography - Edited by Richard Munton
The Rural: Critical Essays in Human Geography , edited by Richard Munton , Surrey, England : Ashgate , 2008 . 562 pp. $275.00 (hardcover), ISBN : 0754627217 . When the reader considers The Rural, images of rolling hillsides of agricultural fields, densely nucleated villages, and rugged people wearing heavy fabrics come to mind. The cognitive corrective comes next, and the reader blushes at the recognition of the stereotyped ideas that inform thos…
Urbanization before Cities: Lessons for Social Theory from the Evolution of Cities
This article examines the role of the world-system in the structure of cities. Data from the evolution of cities in the Fertile Crescent shows that a number of traits of modern cities were also present in the earliest cities. Specifically, mass production, social differentiation and inequality, cultural mechanisms utilized for social control, and a tendency even a need for territorial expansion were all characteristic of ancient cities. Such char…
Urbanization as the Cause of Cities: Notes from the Near East and the Northeast
The concept of urbanization has long been used to refer to the growth of cities in a particular region. The definition of a city is notoriously vague, however, and as such using their growth as a mechanism for understanding urbanization is highly problematic. In addition, the sequence of events leading to the urbanization of a region does not indicate that cities necessarily lead to the effects with which urbanization is commonly associated, but …
Urbanormativity and the spatial demography of suburbia: A response to Meyer and Graybill
In their recent article in Urban Geography on “The Suburban Bias of American Society?”, William Meyer and Jessica Graybill review a number of mechanisms that enable suburbs to have advantages over
What Makes Urban Life Possible: On the Historical Evolution of Urban-Rural Systems
This article introduces and explains a novel concept - the urban-rural system - as a means for addressing the question, what makes urban life possible? To address this question, the authors examine the archaeological record from the first agrarian villages, market towns, and eventual first cities that arose during the late Paleolithic through early Neolithic world of the Fertile Crescent (roughly modern-day Syria and Iraq). Following this, they r…
Social systems and community development: Cooperstown, New York, and its imitators
This article explores a distinction between two types of community and economic development: System-Oriented Development (SOD) and Project-Oriented Development (POD). SOD is understood as the development that seeks to build on long-term trajectories in community evolution, and it is argued that such projects will have a higher chance of success. In contrast, POD is based on individual projects that are developed within a narrower range of concern…
Social capital as mediating factor on Covid‐19 induced psychological distress: The case of college students living through an outbreak
This investigation examines the interplay between individual‐level social capital, psychological distress, and the effects of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak on a college campus. Data were collected from students at two colleges in early 2021. Hypotheses were formed based on prior research on social capital and the COVID pandemic. A structural equation model was constructed to allow the modeling of both latent and observed variable…
Covid-19 and Social Capital Loss: The Results of a Campus Outbreak
Sociology (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economic geography (3 works)