Experiencing cities. / Mark Hutter

By:

Hutter, Mark

Language: English Series: Metropolis and Modern LifePublication details: Routledge, 2016. New York:Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvii, 526 pISBN:

9781138851610

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.76 HUT-E

Contents:

Preface -- Historical developments -- Introduction to experiencing cities -- The emergence of cities -- The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology -- Disciplinary perspectives -- Chicago school : urbanism and urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Urban political economy, the new urban sociology, and the power of place -- City imagery -- City imagery -- The skyscraper as icon -- The social psychology of city life -- Experiencing strangers and the quest for public order -- "Seeing" disorder and the ecology of fear -- City people and places -- Urban communities and social policies -- Families, gender, and singles in the city -- The consumer city: shopping and sports -- The urban world -- American and global suburbanization patterns -- Social capital and the resilience of cities -- References -- Index.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB E-1	Non Fiction	307.76 HUT-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by Vibhore Bakshi		010854

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Preface --
Historical developments --
Introduction to experiencing cities --
The emergence of cities --
The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology --
Disciplinary perspectives --
Chicago school : urbanism and urban ecology --
Urban planning --
Urban political economy, the new urban sociology, and the power of place --
City imagery --
City imagery --
The skyscraper as icon --
The social psychology of city life --
Experiencing strangers and the quest for public order --
"Seeing" disorder and the ecology of fear --
City people and places --
Urban communities and social policies --
Families, gender, and singles in the city --
The consumer city: shopping and sports --
The urban world --
American and global suburbanization patterns --
Social capital and the resilience of cities --
References --
Index.

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