Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B.

Description: Rat City by Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A New York Times Editors Choice"Entertaining, phenomenally weird . . . Rat City may well be the worlds first-ever work of socio-biographical-scientific pop history. . . .a freaky romp down a peculiar passage in the history of ideas, full of oddball cameos (Aldous Huxley! Buckminster Fuller!) and some very sharp science writing."-The New York Times"Facebook, Yik Yak, Twitter, Twitch-each had a sunny, expansive phase, followed by a descent into flaming, catfishing, and troll wars. To the extent that Calhouns rats have any sociological relevance, it would seem to be in the mirror world of the Web. What, after all, could be a better description of X these days than a "behavioral sink"?" -The New YorkerBehind the internets viral "Universe 25" experiment and Robert C. OBriens iconic novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of NIMH, was one scientist who set out to change the way we view our fellow man - using rats . . .A New York Times Editors Choice"Entertaining, phenomenally weird . . . Rat City may well be the worlds first-ever work of socio-biographical-scientific pop history. . . .a freaky romp down a peculiar passage in the history of ideas, full of oddball cameos (Aldous Huxley! Buckminster Fuller!) and some very sharp science writing."-The New York Times"Facebook, Yik Yak, Twitter, Twitch-each had a sunny, expansive phase, followed by a descent into flaming, catfishing, and troll wars. To the extent that Calhouns rats have any sociological relevance, it would seem to be in the mirror world of the Web. What, after all, could be a better description of X these days than a "behavioral sink"?" -The New YorkerBehind the internets viral "Universe 25" experiment and Robert C. OBriens iconic novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of NIMH, was one scientist who set out to change the way we view our fellow man - using rats . . .After the Civil War and throughout the twentieth century, cities in northern American states absorbed a huge increase in populations, particularly of immigrants and African Americans from southern states. City governments responded by creating new regulations that were often segregationist - corralling black Americans, for example, into small, increasingly overcrowded neighborhoods, or into high-rise "projects."The situation intensified after World War II, as rising crime and racial unrest swept the nation, and blame fell on the crowded conditions of city life. The hardest-hit populations were left marginalized and voiceless.Enter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rats every need was met-except space. The results were cataclysmic. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities?Rat City is the first book to tell the story of Calhouns experiments, and their extraordinary influence - an enthralling record of urban design and dystopian science. Meticulously researched, it follows Calhouns struggle to solve the problem of crowding before Americas cities drain into the behavioral sink. And as the "war on rats" continues around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of Rat City is more relevant than ever. Author Biography Edmund Ramsden is an historian of science at Queen Mary University of London, with an interest in the history of the social, behavioral and biological sciences in the 20th century. Jon Adams is a former BBC New Generation Thinker and author of Interference Patterns- Literary Study, Scientific Knowledge, and Disciplinary Autonomy. They both previously worked at the London School of Economics, where they began collaborating on the history and influence of John B. Calhouns rodent crowding experiments. Details ISBN 1685890997 ISBN-13 9781685890995 Title Rat City Author Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 336 Publisher Melville House Publishing GE_Item_ID:160788152; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. 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