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About the Authors Japonica Brown-Saracino is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Northwest- ern University. Her dissertation, “Social Preservationists: Newcomers in Changing Urban and Rural America,” is an ethnographic study of new and original residents in two small towns and two urban neighborhoods. Her primary interests are cultural, urban, and com- munity sociology. Stephen Halebsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Missis- sippi. He is working on a book about superstore controversies. Ervin Kosta is a Ph.D. student in sociology at the City University Graduate Center. Born in Albania, he completed his undergraduate studies in sociology at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, and attended the one-year master program in economy and society at the Central European University in Warsaw, Poland. Research interests include urban sociology, globalization theory, and immigration. He is currently a research associate at the Center for Urban Research, Graduate Center. William E. Wagner, III is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, Bakersfield. He also holds a position as a Research Scientist at the Applied Research Center at CSUB. His primary research interests revolve around gay and lesbian studies in relation to other areas of research, including social network analysis, urban sociology, work & occupations, as well as education. He is currently investigating employment and relocation patterns among gay men, the social networks of gay white collar workers, as well as extracurricular school activity prticipation in conjunction with attitudes toward the gay & lesbian population. Sharon Zukin is Broeklundian Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University Graduate Center. A long-time observer of social change in Lower Manhattan, which inspired both Loft Living (1982) and The Cultures of Cities (1995), she co-edited After the World Trade Center (2002) with Michael Sorkin and has recently published Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture (2004). City & Community 3:2 June 2004 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City and Community SAGE

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SAGE
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1535-6841
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1540-6040
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10.1111/j.1535-6841.2004.00076.x
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Abstract

Japonica Brown-Saracino is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Northwest- ern University. Her dissertation, “Social Preservationists: Newcomers in Changing Urban and Rural America,” is an ethnographic study of new and original residents in two small towns and two urban neighborhoods. Her primary interests are cultural, urban, and com- munity sociology. Stephen Halebsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Missis- sippi. He is working on a book about superstore controversies. Ervin Kosta is a Ph.D. student in sociology at the City University Graduate Center. Born in Albania, he completed his undergraduate studies in sociology at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, and attended the one-year master program in economy and society at the Central European University in Warsaw, Poland. Research interests include urban sociology, globalization theory, and immigration. He is currently a research associate at the Center for Urban Research, Graduate Center. William E. Wagner, III is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, Bakersfield. He also holds a position as a Research Scientist at the Applied Research Center at CSUB. His primary research interests revolve around gay and lesbian studies in relation to other areas of research, including social network analysis, urban sociology, work & occupations, as well as education. He is currently investigating employment and relocation patterns among gay men, the social networks of gay white collar workers, as well as extracurricular school activity prticipation in conjunction with attitudes toward the gay & lesbian population. Sharon Zukin is Broeklundian Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University Graduate Center. A long-time observer of social change in Lower Manhattan, which inspired both Loft Living (1982) and The Cultures of Cities (1995), she co-edited After the World Trade Center (2002) with Michael Sorkin and has recently published Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture (2004). City & Community 3:2 June 2004 American Sociological Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4701

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