Janet Abu-Lughod
Janet Abu-Lughod | |
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Born | Janet Lippman August 3, 1928 |
Died | December 14, 2013 New York City, New York | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Occupation | Scholar |
Known for | Urban Studies; World-systems theory |
Spouse | Ibrahim Abu-Lughod m 1951, div. 1991 |
Children | Lila, Mariam, Deena, and Jawad |
Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod (August 3, 1928 – December 14, 2013) was an American sociologist who made major contributions to world-systems theory and urban sociology.[1][2]
Early life
Raised in Newark, New Jersey, United States, she attended Weequahic High School,[3] where she was influenced by the works of Lewis Mumford about urbanization.[4]
Academia
Janet Abu-Lughod held graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her teaching career began at the University of Illinois, took her to the American University in Cairo, Smith College, and Northwestern University, where she taught for twenty years and directed several urban studies programmes. In 1950-1952 Abu-Lughod was a director of research for the American Society of Planning Officials, in 1954-1957 – research associate at the University of Pennsylvania, consultant and author for the American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods.[5] In 1987 she accepted a professorship in sociology and historical studies at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, from which she retired as professor emerita in 1998.[6] Upon retirement she held visiting short-term teaching appointments at Bosphorous University in Istanbul and on the International Honors Program at the University of Cairo.[5] She published over a hundred articles and thirteen books dealing with urban sociology, the history and dynamics of the World System, and Middle Eastern cities, including an urban history of Cairo that is still considered one of the classic works on that city: Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious.
In 1976 she was awarded a John Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Sociology.[7] Abu-Lughod received over a dozen prestigious national government fellowships and grants to research in the areas of demography, urban sociology, urban planning, economic and social development, world systems, and urbanization in the United States, the Middle East and the Third World.[5]
She was especially well known for her monograph Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 wherein she argued that a pre-modern world system extending across Eurasia existed in the 13th century, prior to the formation of the modern world-system identified by Immanuel Wallerstein. Among a variety of factors, Abu-Lughod emphasized the role of Champagne fairs, the Mongol Empire, the Mamluk Sultanate, and the history of the Indian subcontinent in shaping this previous world system. In addition, she argued that the "rise of the West," beginning with the intrusion of armed Portuguese ships into the relatively peaceful trade networks of the Indian Ocean in the 16th century, was not a result of features internal to Europe, but was made possible by a collapse in the previous world system.[8]
Abu-Lughod in her works approaches the social and economic development of global cities with the commitment to seeing and acting on possibilities for constructive social change. The span of her works goes from micro-level studies of territoriality and social change, to the analysis of the diffusion of global cities in the Western and Arab world, to historical studies of medieval cities.[5]
She published several well-received works on American cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities[9] and Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.[10]
Personal life
She was married in 1951–1991 to Ibrahim Abu-Lughod. They had four children; Lila, Mariam, Deena, and Jawad.[11] Janet's family background is Jewish.[12] She died aged 85 in New York City on December 14, 2013.[1]
Works
- Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious. Princeton University Press. 1971. pp. 284. ISBN 978-0-691-03085-2.
- Rabat, Urban Apartheid in Morocco. Princeton Studies on the Near East. Princeton University Press. 1981. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-691-10098-2.
- Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350. USA: Oxford University Press. 1991. pp. 464. ISBN 978-0-19-506774-3.
- Changing Cities: Urban Sociology. Harpercollins College Div. 1991. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-06-040138-2.
- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities. University of Minnesota Press. 2000. p. 580. ISBN 978-0-8166-3336-4.
- Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. USA: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-19-532875-2.
See also
References
- ^ a b "JANET L. ABU-LUGHOD Obituary: View JANET ABU-LUGHOD's Obituary by New York Times". legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1973). "Reports of the President and the Treasurer - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. ISSN 0190-227X. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
- ^ Ortner, Sherry B. New Jersey dreaming: capital, culture, and the class of '58, p. 3. Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8223-3108-X. Accessed September 19, 2019. "The most famous graduate of Weequahic High School is Philip Roth, who has written with great ethnographic acumen about the school and the neighborhood in many of his novels (starting with the collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus), Other graduates of the school, well known in other circles, include the former basketball star and coach Alvin Attles, a highly placed economist in the Reagan Administration named Robert Ortner (no relation, as far as I know), Feminist philosopher Susan Bordo, and urban sociologist Janet Abu-Lughod (who also happens to be the mother of anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod)."
- ^ "First Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture" (PDF). 2000-04-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
When I was still in high school, there were four books I read that left a life-shaping effect on everything I have since thought about cities. Two of those -- Technics and Civilization (first published in 1934), and The Culture of Cities (first published in 1938) -- were written by Lewis Mumford. They made an urbanist out of me, and I was not alone. Single-handedly, Mumford's writings placed cities on the agenda of ordinary Americans.
- ^ a b c d Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 3.
- ^ "Getcited - Janet Abu-Lughot". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowships". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ Reviews for Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350:
- Lieberman, Victor (July 1993). "Abu-Lughod's egalitarian world order. A review article". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 35 (3): 544–550. doi:10.1017/S0010417500018570. S2CID 146212765. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Gills, Barry K. (Summer 2014). "Janet Abu-Lughod and the World System: The History of World System Development and the Development of World System History". Journal of World-Systems Research. 20 (2): 174–179. doi:10.5195/jwsr.2014.547. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Sassen, Saskia (Summer 2014). "Extricating the Analytics: Janet Abu-Lughod's Before European Hegemony". Journal of World-Systems Research. 20 (2): 179–181. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Pounds, Norman J. G. (March 1991). "Book Reviews -- Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 by Janet Abu-Lughod". Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 81 (1): 159–160. JSTOR 2563677. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Chirot, Daniel (January 1991). "Was Europe Lucky, Evil, or Smart?". Contemporary Sociology. 20 (1): 26–28. doi:10.2307/2072044. JSTOR 2072044. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Snedeker, George (Summer 1992). "Book Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". Science & Society. 56 (2): 226–228. JSTOR 40404624. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Gran, Guy (October 1991). "Before European hegemony: The world system A.D. 1250–1350". World Development. 19 (10): 1475. doi:10.1016/0305-750X(91)90090-5. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Greif, Avner (June 1990). "Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". The Journal of Economic History. 50 (2): 455–456. doi:10.1017/S0022050700036640. JSTOR 2123293. S2CID 154766818. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Wallerstein, Immanuel (February 1992). "Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System, 1250-1350 A.D." International Journal of Middle East Studies. 24 (1): 128–131. doi:10.1017/S002074380000146X. JSTOR 163766. S2CID 161426181. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Lewis, Archibald R. (July 1991). "Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System, A.D. 1250-1350". Speculum. 66 (3): 605. doi:10.2307/2864229. JSTOR 2864229. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Goldberg, Ellis (April 1991). "Book Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". Comparative Political Studies. 24 (1): 130–133. doi:10.1177/0010414091024001007. S2CID 220984170. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Guzman, Gergory G. (Spring 1991). "Book Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". The Historian. 53 (3): 521. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1991.tb00821.x. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Manz, Beatrice F. (Summer 1991). "Reviews: Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 22 (1): 101–103. doi:10.2307/204569. JSTOR 204569. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Ludden, David (January 1991). "Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 513 (1): 176. doi:10.1177/0002716291513001024. S2CID 220721753. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Bulliet, Richard W. (October 1991). "Reviews of Books: Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250–1350". The American Historical Review. 96 (4): 1148–1149. doi:10.1086/ahr/96.4.1148. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Rose, Linda (January 1993). "Reviews of Books: Before European Hegemony: The World System, A.D. 1250-1350". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 113 (1): 135–136. doi:10.2307/604227. JSTOR 604227. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- Lowry, Todd S. (Spring 1993). "Special interest -- Asia Before Europe: Economy and Civilisation of the Indian Ocean from the Rise of Islam to 1750 by K. N. Chaudhuri / Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 by Janet Abu-Lughod". History of Political Economy. 25 (1): 206. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Endicott-West, Elizabeth (May 1990). "Book Reviews: Asia General--Before European Hegemony". The Journal of Asian Studies. 49 (2): 349–350. doi:10.2307/2057303. JSTOR 2057303. S2CID 59427038. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities:
- Brenner, Neil (September 2001). "World city theory, globalization and the comparative-historical method: Reflections on Janet Abu-Lughod's interpretation of contemporary urban restructing". Urban Affairs Review. 37 (1): 124–147. doi:10.1177/10780870122185235. S2CID 220914804. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Clarke, Susan E. (September 2001). "Globalization, Democratic governance, and local politics". Urban Affairs Review. 37 (1): 148–151. doi:10.1177/10780870122185235. S2CID 220914804. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- King, Anthony D. (September 2001). "Home to the world: Abu-Lughod's New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's global cities". Urban Affairs Review. 37 (1): 151–154. doi:10.1177/10780870122185235. S2CID 220914804. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Ley, David (September 2001). "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles made in the USA?". Urban Affairs Review. 37 (1): 154–157. doi:10.1177/10780870122185235. S2CID 220914804. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Grazian, David (November 2001). "Book Reviews: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities". American Journal of Sociology. 107 (3): 841–843. doi:10.1086/343154. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Fasenfest, David (March 2002). "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities". Contemporary Sociology. 31 (2): 170–171. doi:10.2307/3089499. JSTOR 3089499. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Warf, Barney (December 2001). "Book Reviews: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 25 (4): 915–916. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.00356. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Muller, P. O. (June 2005). "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's global cities". Choice Reviews. 42 (10): 1756. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Hannigan, John (Winter 2004). "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's global cities". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 29 (1): 145–147. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Keil, Roger (Autumn 2000). "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: American's Global Cities". Journal of the American Planning Association. 66 (4): 439–440. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities". Publishers Weekly. 246 (30): 76. July 26, 1999. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Bennett, Larry (February 2001). "Book Reviews: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities. Janet Abu-Lughod". The Journal of Politics. 63 (1): 317–319. doi:10.1086/jop.63.1.2691913. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Godfrey, Brian J. (October 1999). "America's Global Cities". Geographical Review. 89 (4): 596–600. doi:10.2307/216105. JSTOR 216105. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Sites, William (March 2003). "Global City, American City: Theories of Globalization and Approaches to Urban History". Journal of Urban History. 29 (3): 333–346. doi:10.1177/0096144203029003012. S2CID 143500504. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Glazer, Nathan (October 30, 2000). "Love and the city". The New Republic. Vol. 223, no. 18. pp. 48–52. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews for Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles:
- Nerad, Julie Cary (Spring 2009). "Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles". African American Review. 43 (1): 213–215. doi:10.1353/afa.0.0004. S2CID 161112182. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Flamm, Michael W. (Fall 2009). "Review: Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles by Janet L. Abu-Lughod". Journal of American Ethnic History. 29 (1): 79–80. doi:10.2307/40543569. JSTOR 40543569. S2CID 254489576. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- Rosenthal, N. B. (July 2008). "Race, space, and riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles". Choice Reviews. 45 (11): 2029. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Rushing, Wanda (May 2009). "Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago - By Janet L. Abu-Lughod". Sociological Inquiry. 79 (2): 259–261. doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.2009.00285.x. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Bailey, Amy Kate (March 2010). "Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles". Social Forces. 88 (3): 1496–1497. doi:10.1353/sof.0.0299. S2CID 201764652. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Vigil, James Diego (Spring 2008). "Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles". Anthropological Quarterly. 81 (2): 515–518. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0008. S2CID 144831339. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Draus, Paul J. (June 2008). "Race, Space and Riots in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles by Janet L. Abu-Lughod". City & Community. 7 (2): 183–185. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6040.2008.00252_2.x. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Herman, Max (September 2009). "Book Reviews: Race, Space and Riots in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles by Janet Abu-Lughod". Urban Affairs Review. 45 (1): 135–137. doi:10.1177/1078087408323379. S2CID 154365622. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Rich, Wilbur (Winter 2008). "Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, Janet Abu-Lughod". Political Science Quarterly. 123 (4): 689–691. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2008.tb01816.x. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- McCarthy, John D. (March 2009). "From Race Riot to Collective Violence". Contemporary Sociology. 38 (2): 118–120. doi:10.1177/009430610903800204. S2CID 220855152. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Lowenstein, Jeff Kelly (May 2008). "Race Riots: Lessons Learned". ColorLines. 11 (3): 57. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Elkins, Alex (March 2016). "Stand Our Ground: The Street Justice of Urban American Riots, 1900 to 1968". Journal of Urban History. 42 (2): 419–437. doi:10.1177/0096144215623490. S2CID 149819433. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- "Learning From the Urban Unrest of the Past". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (57): 90–91. Autumn 2007. ProQuest 195557042. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Hirsch, Arnold R. (Fall 2009). "Paths to Power? Race, Violence, and Representation in Metropolitan America". Historical Methods. 42 (4): 163–167. doi:10.1080/01615440903270216. S2CID 144246925. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- Myers, Daniel J. (March 2009). "Book Reviews: Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles". The Journal of Economic History. 69 (1): 320–322. doi:10.1017/S002205070900045X. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ جدلية (March 17, 2014). "In Memoriam: Janet Abu-Lughod". Jadaliyya - جدلية. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Rosen, Lawrence (2014-04-20). "Gendered Orientalism". The American Interest. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- 1928 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- Weequahic High School alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
- Academic staff of The American University in Cairo
- Smith College faculty
- Northwestern University faculty
- World system scholars
- American women academics
- American women historians
- American women sociologists
- American expatriates in Egypt
- Historians from New Jersey
- Jewish American historians
- Urban sociologists