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Editorial OME FIVE YEARS AGO, when the Society for Urban Anthropology was about to launch this journal, it picked as editor a colleague who had the vision to promote urban studies in the discipline at a time when a true "Urban Anthropology" was still a dream. From St. Louis, where he headed a major investigation of migrants from southeastern Missouri (sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity) in the 1960s, Alvin Wolfe eventually found his way to South Florida where, once again in the vanguard, he helped to develop one of the first graduate programs in applied anthropology in America. These interests, as well as his ongoing commitment to social-network studies, are reflected in the journal that he worked so actively to build during his term as editor. Well-kept records and seasoned advice, passed on to me, are not the only continuities in the editorship of City & Society. The bounty of Dr. Wolfe's efforts on behalf of the journal has spilled over into this issue (and will at least into the next). It is manifest most concretely in the lead article here, where Donald Kurtz reflects upon the articles presented in the December 1990 issue. Less evidently but even more completely marked by my predecessor's editorial skills is the article by Alex Stepick, which has been carried over from the December issue for want of space. In publishing, space is money, and money means membership. As the quality and number of submissions to City & Society continues to grow, we will be faced with a serious backlog of papers that can only serve to frustrate authors, reviewers, and editors alike. In its recent membership campaign, the society reached out for greater participation which, it is hoped, will translate into better service to the journal's readers and potential contributors. If you have not already done so, may I urge you to lend your support to that campaign. The degree of thematic unity has varied from one to another issue of this journal. The articles in this one are more varied than those in the last, while other, more focalized issues are already in different stages of preparation. As editor, I intend both to support topical emphases and to encourage diversity in the journal's coverage, and I invite members and subscribers either to remain or to become involved in the continued construction of an urban anthropology through the vehicle of City & Society. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

Editorial

DeRoche, Constance P.
City & Society , Volume 5 (1) – Jun 1, 1991
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Copyright © 1991 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0893-0465
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OME FIVE YEARS AGO, when the Society for Urban Anthropology was about to launch this journal, it picked as editor a colleague who had the vision to promote urban studies in the discipline at a time when a true "Urban Anthropology" was still a dream. From St. Louis, where he headed a major investigation of migrants from southeastern Missouri (sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity) in the 1960s, Alvin Wolfe eventually found his way to South Florida where, once again in the vanguard, he helped to develop one of the first graduate programs in applied anthropology in America. These interests, as well as his ongoing commitment to social-network studies, are reflected in the journal that he worked so actively to build during his term as editor. Well-kept records and seasoned advice, passed on to me, are not the only continuities in the editorship of City & Society. The bounty of Dr. Wolfe's efforts on behalf of the journal has spilled over into this issue (and will at least into the next). It is manifest most concretely in the lead article here, where Donald Kurtz reflects upon the articles presented in the December 1990 issue. Less evidently but even more completely marked by my predecessor's editorial skills is the article by Alex Stepick, which has been carried over from the December issue for want of space. In publishing, space is money, and money means membership. As the quality and number of submissions to City & Society continues to grow, we will be faced with a serious backlog of papers that can only serve to frustrate authors, reviewers, and editors alike. In its recent membership campaign, the society reached out for greater participation which, it is hoped, will translate into better service to the journal's readers and potential contributors. If you have not already done so, may I urge you to lend your support to that campaign. The degree of thematic unity has varied from one to another issue of this journal. The articles in this one are more varied than those in the last, while other, more focalized issues are already in different stages of preparation. As editor, I intend both to support topical emphases and to encourage diversity in the journal's coverage, and I invite members and subscribers either to remain or to become involved in the continued construction of an urban anthropology through the vehicle of City & Society.

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Published: Jun 1, 1991

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