William R Johnston
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Johnston |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnston |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSTON W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1940 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When neighborhoods matter
Ethnography, Neighborhood Effects, and the Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities
In the 1980s and 1990s, researchers came to understand poor urban neighborhoods as blighted, depopulated areas, based on important ethnographic observations in a handful of cities. This image helped inform influential theories of social isolation and de–institutionalization. However, few scholars have examined whether those observations were representative of poor neighborhoods nationwide—and whether they are representative today. Based on a desc…
Assessing the benefits of a rising tide
Jacquemart, Jules(-Ferdinand)
Walters, William T(hompson)
Walters, Henry
William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors
Journal Article William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors. By William R. Johnston. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. xviii, 309 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8018-6040-7.) Get access Alice Goldfarb Alice Goldfarb Marquis University of California—San Diego, Lajolla, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 220–221, https://doi…
Emphyteusis
Ethnography, Neighborhood Effects, and the Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities
In the 1980s and 1990s, researchers came to understand poor urban neighborhoods as blighted, depopulated areas, based on important ethnographic observations in a handful of cities. This image helped inform influential theories of social isolation and de–institutionalization. However, few scholars have examined whether those observations were representative of poor neighborhoods nationwide—and whether they are representative today. Based on a desc…
When neighborhoods matter
Assessing the benefits of a rising tide
Emphyteusis
Emphyteusis
William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors
Journal Article William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors. By William R. Johnston. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. xviii, 309 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8018-6040-7.) Get access Alice Goldfarb Alice Goldfarb Marquis University of California—San Diego, Lajolla, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 220–221, https://doi…
Jacquemart, Jules(-Ferdinand)
Walters, William T(hompson)
Walters, Henry
Assessing the benefits of a rising tide
Ethnography, Neighborhood Effects, and the Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities
In the 1980s and 1990s, researchers came to understand poor urban neighborhoods as blighted, depopulated areas, based on important ethnographic observations in a handful of cities. This image helped inform influential theories of social isolation and de–institutionalization. However, few scholars have examined whether those observations were representative of poor neighborhoods nationwide—and whether they are representative today. Based on a desc…
When neighborhoods matter
Demography (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)