<div>Dubbed as "You Are What You Hang (or Don't)" by the <i>New York </i><br><i>Times,</i> <i>Inside Culture</i> takes us on a tour of 160 homes in and <br>around New York City, from affluent townhouses on Manhattan's Upper East <br>Side and rowhouses in blue-collar Brooklyn to middle and upper-class <br>suburbs of Long Island. The result is an unprecedented portrait of the <br>use of cultural artifacts--fine art, photographs, religious art--in <br>private lives.<br><br>"This is a first-class addition to what we know about culture in the <br>specific rather than the abstract."--Howard S. Becker, <i>Contemporary </i><br><i>Sociology</i><br><br>"This book is well worth reading, especially in your own home."--Eugene <br>Halton, <i>American Journal of Sociology</i><br><br>"David Halle's researches earned him a license amateur voyeurs would <br>kill for. . . . Refreshing for readers outside his discipline."--Peter <br>Campbell, <i>London Review of Books</i><br><br>"[This book] tells us interesting things about ourselves. . . . It <br>affords us a birds-eye view of American culture from which we can see . <br>. . unsuspected patterns of tastes and acquisitions."--James Gardner, <br><i>Washington Times </i><br><br>"[A] voyeuristic thrill. . . . Lucid and entertaining. . . . A <br>fascinating book that will open the eyes of anyone who's ever glibly <br>said about art, 'I know what I like.' After reading <i>Inside </i><br><i>Culture,</i> they'll also know a little bit more about why."--Maureen <br>Corrigan, <i>New York Observer</i><br><br></div>