The Urban Sociology Reader - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415323436 ISBN 13 : 9780415323437

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

The urban world is a provocative terrain on which to contemplate the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have transformed over the last 200 years. This Reader traverses this terrain through sections on urban social theory, social difference in the city, culture in everyday life, culture and the urban economy, globalization and the world system and urban social movements.

Drawing together seminal selections covering the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this Reader includes forty significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Zukin, Sassen, Smith and Castells. Selections are predominantly sociological, but some readings cross disciplinary boundaries.

Providing an essential resource for students of urban studies, this book brings together important but, until now, widely dispersed writings. Editorial commentaries precede each entry; introducing the text, demonstrating its significance, and outlining the issues surrounding its topic, whilst the associated bibliography enables deeper investigations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan Lin is Associate Professor of Sociology at Occidental College, Los Angeles, and Christopher Mele is Associate Professor of Sociology at State University of New York at Buffalo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415323436
• ISBN 13: 9780415323437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Lin Jan, Mele Christopher
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible