Monti, Daniel Joseph

Urban people and places : the sociology of cities, suburbs, and towns / by Daniel joseph Monti - New Delhi : Sage Publication, 2014. - xiii, 208 p.

1. Urbanization as a Worldwide Phenomenon--2. Urbanization in More and Less Developed Countries--3. Urbanization in the United States--4. Classic Statements about Cities & Communities--5. Contemporary Perspectives and Cities & Communities--6. Civic Culture and the Politics of Community--7. Among Kin, Friends and Strangers: Social Control in Cities, Suburbs and Towns--8. How Social Scientists, Planners and Reformers Figure out What's Going on and What Needs Fixing--9. Fixing People and Places--10. Embracing the Cultures of Urban People and Places

An undergraduate exploration of urban sociology, giving balanced treatment to both the process by which cities are built (urbanization) and the ways of life practiced by people that live and work in more urban places (urbanism).

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307.76 / MON-U