Introduction to cities: (Record no. 9762)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781119167716
Qualifying information pbk.
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency SPAB
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 307.76
Item number CHE-I
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chen, Xiangming
9 (RLIN) 6055
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Introduction to cities:
Remainder of title how place and space shape human experience. /
Statement of responsibility, etc Xiangming Chen, Anthony M. Orum and Krista E. Paulsen
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Wiley-Blackwell ,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2018.
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Jersey:
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxvi, 406 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro --Introduction to Cities --About the website --Brief Contents --Contents --List of illustrations --List of tables --List of boxes --About the authors --Preface to the second edition Acknowledgments --Walk-through tour --Part I THE FOUNDATIONS --1 Cities as places and spaces --Cities asplaces --Exploring further 1.1 --Identity, community,andsecurity --Places as the site of our identity --Places as the site of community --Places as sites of security --Studying the city 1.1 --Human beings make and remake places --Place and space --Studying the city 1.2 --Making the city better 1.1 --<br/>Cities shape the fates of human beings --Cities and people --2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives --The social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory --Studying the city 2.1 --Ferdinand TÃ nnies: Community and society --Georg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life --TÃ nnies and Simmel: Further reflections --The Chicago School of Sociology --The city as social space --<br/>The city as concentric zones --The city, social change, and social order --<br/>Studying the city 2.2 --<br/>Life in the city as a way of life --<br/>Making the city better 2.1 --<br/>Early social theories of urban life --<br/>3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era --<br/>Theoretical descendants of Marx --<br/>Manuel Castells and the urban question --<br/>David Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city --<br/>John Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine --<br/>Making the city better 3.1 --<br/>Making the city better 3.2 --<br/>Further reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities --<br/>The return to place and the turn to culture --<br/>Jane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis --<br/>Studying the city 3.1 --<br/>Sharon Zukin and the turn to culture --<br/>Exploring further 3.1 --<br/>Going global. The 1980s and the creation of the global city --<br/>Power, politics, and ordinary lives --<br/>Evaluating theories of the city --<br/>4 Methods and rules for the study of cities --<br/>First rules for doing a social science of cities --<br/>The rule of validity --<br/>The rule of reliability --<br/>Exploring further 4.1 --<br/>Cities and the question of numbers --<br/>Studying the city 4.1 --<br/>The city as a case study --<br/>The city as the typical case --<br/>The city as a prototypical case --<br/>Ethnographic and historical case studies --<br/>Ethnographic case studies --<br/>Studying the city 4.2 --<br/>Historical case studies --<br/>From one to multiple cases --<br/>Studying the city 4.3 --<br/>A last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods --<br/>And what about insight? --<br/>Part II THE CHANGING METROPOLIS --<br/>5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles --<br/>Metropolitan growth: Basic features --<br/>Studying the city 5.1 --<br/>The mobility of people and groups in the metropolis --<br/>Social differences and migration in the metropolis --<br/>Migration and the expansion of the metropolis --<br/>The metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands --<br/>Studying the city 5.2 --<br/>Human agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis --<br/>Making the city better 5.1 --<br/>Planning and metropolitan development --<br/>Exploring further 5.1 --<br/>Urban growth, institutions, and human agents --<br/>6 The origins and development of suburbs --<br/>What is a suburb? Definitions and variations --<br/>Alternative suburban forms --<br/>A brief history of suburban development --<br/>The original suburbs --<br/>Culture and the demand for suburban living --<br/>Making the city better 6.1 --<br/>Exploring further 6.1 --<br/>Early suburban diversity --<br/>Transportation technologies and suburban expansion --<br/>Making the city better 6.2 --<br/>The role of policy in suburban expansion. Reconstructing the contemporary metropolis --<br/>New ethnic enclaves --<br/>LGBT neighborhoods --<br/>Studying the city 9.2 --<br/>The Western metropolis in flux --<br/>10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces --<br/>States and markets --<br/>The changing global economy --<br/>Cities today as contested spaces --<br/>The nature of local governance and politics --<br/>Local authorities and marginalized peoples --<br/>African Americans and local authorities --<br/>The homeless and local authorities --<br/>The very poor and local authorities --<br/>Contesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid --<br/>Making the city better 10.1 --<br/>Exploring further 10.1 --<br/>Major contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis --<br/>Jerusalem: The quintessential contested city --<br/>The contested spaces of Berlin --<br/>Conclusion --<br/>Part IV THE METROPOLIS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD --<br/>11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries --<br/>Urbanization: The basic path and its impact on place --<br/>Developing-country cities in historical perspective --<br/>Studying the city 11.1 --<br/>The basic dimensions of urbanization --<br/>Urban hierarchy --<br/>Urban primacy --<br/>Over-urbanization versus under-urbanization --<br/>Studying the city 11.2 --<br/>Natural increase and in-migration --<br/>From process and system to place --<br/>A profile with multiple wrinkles --<br/>Megacities as places: Opportunities and challenges --<br/>Size and density --<br/>Creating wealth and sustaining poverty --<br/>Exploring further 11.1 --<br/>Making the city better 11.1 --<br/>The developing megacity as a lived place --<br/>Making the city better 11.2 --<br/>Governing the megacities --<br/>Studying the city 11.3 --<br/>Reassessing the developing-country city --<br/>12 Cities in the global economy --<br/>Cities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background --<br/>Emerging cities in the global economy --<br/>Yiwu, China --<br/>Rajarhat, India --<br/>Further reflections on Yiwu --<br/>Re-emerging cities in the global economy.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of the modern city, this book covers a wide range of theory, including the significance of space and place, to provide a balanced account of why cities are an essential part of the global human experience. Covers a wide range of theoretical approaches to the city, from the historical to the cutting edge Emphasizes the important themes of space and place.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element PL
9 (RLIN) 14601
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cities and towns
Form subdivision Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 23562
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Urbanization
Source of heading or term Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 23563
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cities and towns-Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 6972
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Urbanization-Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 8036
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Orum, Anthony M.
9 (RLIN) 2064
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Paulsen, Krista E.
9 (RLIN) 14602
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non Fiction Library, SPAB Library, SPAB E-1 03/10/2018 SPAB/LIB/2018-19/B842 | 2018-09-14 | TB8024 | 2018-09-19 | Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | RS4376.35 3501.08 6 2 307.76 CHE-I 010858 06/12/2024 28/11/2024 4376.35 03/10/2018 Books Rec. by Binayak Choudhury

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