The Blackwell City Reader

ISBN 10: 1405189827 / ISBN 13: 9781405189828

Edité par Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Synopsis :

Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities.

• Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates
• The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India
• Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies
• Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell's A Companion to the City

À propos de l'auteur: Gary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of Reason in the City of Difference: Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism (2005) and co-editor of Gentrification in a Global Context (with Rowland Atkinson, 2005), and A Companion to the City (with Sophie Watson, 2000).

Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University. She is the author of, among other publications, City Publics: The (Dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters (2006), co-author of Markets as Sites for Social Interaction: Spaces of Diversity (with David Studdert, 2006), and Surface City: Sydney at the Millennium (with Peter Murphy, 1997), and co-editor (with Katherine Gibson) of Postmodern Cities and Spaces (1995) and Metropolis Now (1994).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Blackwell City Reader
Éditeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket
Edition : 2ème Édition