Consequential Strangers: Turning Everyday Encounters Into Life-Changing Moments - Softcover

Blau, Melinda; Fingerman, Karen L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393338452 ISBN 13: 9780393338454

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Blau Melinda Fingerman Karen L

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"Especially cogent today...Illustrate[s] the importance of individuals we often take for granted yet who enrich our lives in ways not immediately noticeable but that could prove highly significant." -- Publishers Weekly "The authors make a compelling case that our social constellations are larger and sexier than we realize. Your neighbors will cease to be blurry faces and become nearby stars worth cultivating." -- Psychology Today "The essential guide to navigating our new twenty-first-century social waters." -- Mark Granovetter, professor of sociology, Stanford University

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They punctuate our days, but we take them for granted: our barista, our car mechanic, our coworker. Yet these are the consequential strangers who bring novelty and new opportunities into our lives. In an unprecedented examination of "people who don't seem to matter," psychologist Karen L. Fingerman, who coined the term, collaborates with journalist Melinda Blau to develop an idea sparked by Fingerman and others' groundbreaking social science research. Drawing as well from Blau's wide-ranging interviews, this book presents a rich portrait of our social landscape, chronicling the surprising impact consequential strangers have on business, creativity, health, and the strength of our communities.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393338452
• ISBN 13: 9780393338454
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304