Urban People and Places

Höfundar: Daniel Joseph Monti; Michael Ian Borer; Lyn C. Macgregor (Útgáfa: 1)
Urban People and Places

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Providing a thorough and comprehensive survey of the contemporary urban world that is accessible to students, Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns will give balanced treatment to both the process by which cities are built (i. e. , urbanization) and the ways of life practiced by people that live and work in more urban places (i. e. , urbanism) unlike most core texts in this area.

Whereas most texts focus on the socio-economic causes of urbanization, this text analyses the cultural component: how the physical construction of places is, in part, a product of cultural beliefs, ideas, and practices and also how the culture of those who live, work, and play in various places is shaped, structured, and controlled by the built environment. Inasmuch as the primary focus will be on the United States, global discussion is composed with an eye toward showing how U.

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Útgefandi
SAGE Publications, Inc. (US)
ISBN
9781483315331
Print ISBN
9781412987424
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Daniel Joseph Monti; Michael Ian Borer; Lyn C. Macgregor
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2014-02-10
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Halftitle
  • Dedication
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Brief Contents
  • Detailed Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • 1 Urbanization in Western Societies
  • Pre-Urban and Early Urban Settlements (City Building Up to the mid-14th Century)
  • Proto-Industrial Cities (City Building Between the Mid-14th and Mid-18th Centuries)
  • Industrial Cities (Urbanization From the Mid-18th Century to the Early 20th Century)
  • Postindustrial Cities (Urbanization From the Mid-20th Century Onward)
  • Lessons From Urbanization in the West
  • Some Convergence in Worldwide Trends in Urbanization
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Internet Materials
  • 2 Urban Places and People in Comparative Perspective
  • Cities in Non-Western and Less Developed Countries During the Era of Urban “Primacy”
  • Urban Areas in Developing Countries in the Post-Primacy Era
  • Cities in Contemporary Latin America
  • Urban Areas in Africa and the Middle East
  • Urban Areas in Asia
  • The Impact of “Primacy” and “Overurbanization” in Less Developed Countries
  • Physical and Social Organization of Cities in Less Developed Countries
  • Concluding Thoughts on Urbanization in More and Less Developed Countries
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Internet Materials
  • 3 How the United States Became Urban
  • Cities in the Proto-Industrial/Colonial Period (1600–1780)
  • Cities in the Late Proto-Industrial and Early Industrial Period (1780–1870)
  • Urbanization in the Mid- to Late Industrial Period (1870–1920s)
  • Urbanization in the Late Industrial and Postindustrial Periods (1920s–2010)
  • Are Cities Coming Back?
  • Are All Suburbs Growing?
  • Are Cities and Suburbs Becoming More Alike?
  • A Final Look at Urbanization in the United States and Less-Developed Countries
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Notes
  • 4 The Seeds of Urban Theory: Classic Statements About Cities and Communities
  • Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859): Observations of Culture and Community
  • Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820–1895): Fears of Capitalism and the Working Class
  • Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936): The Consequences of the Rural/Urban Divide
  • Emile Durkheim (1858–1917): From the Division of Labor to Urban Imagery
  • Max Weber (1864–1920): The Nature of the City and its Institutions
  • Georg Simmel (1858–1916): The Experience of City Life
  • W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963): The Structure and Experience of Race
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • 5 The Fruits of Urban Theory: Contemporary Perspectives on Cities and Communities
  • The Chicago School of Urban Sociology
  • Urban Ethnography: Urbanism As a Way of Life
  • Urban Ecology: Of People and Plants
  • Urban Political Economy and the “New” Urban Sociology
  • Postmodernism and the Los Angeles School
  • The Urban Culturalist Perspective
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • 6 Civic Culture and the Politics of Community
  • Voluntary Association, Civic Culture, and Social Capital
  • History of Urban Civic Culture in the United States
  • Declining Community?
  • Technology, Community and Civic Culture
  • Conclusion
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Notes
  • 7 Among Kin, Friends, and Strangers: Social Control in Cities, Suburbs, and Towns
  • Social Control of Groups
  • Day-To-Day Stranger Management
  • Being Alike and Different at the Same Time
  • Suburban “Society”
  • Conclusions
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Note
  • 8 How Social Scientists, Planners, and Reformers Figure Out What’s Going On and What Needs Fixing
  • Numbers, Pictures, and Words
  • How We Came to Study What We Study
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Notes
  • 9 Fixing Places and People: How Policy Makers, Planners, and Social Reformers Try to Make Cities Better
  • Ideas That Inform Social Reform, Planning, and Policy Making
  • The Connection Among Urban Reform, Planning, and Policy Making
  • Urban and Suburran Planning in the Late 20th Century and Early 21st Century
  • What Are the Proper Roles of the Public and Private Sectors in Solving Urban Problems?
  • Public–Private Partnerships in the United States
  • Public–Private Partnerships in Social Reform
  • Progressivism and the 21st Century City
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Website Materials
  • 10 Embracing the Cultures of Urban People and Places
  • Questions for Study and Discussion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index
  • Adversitement