The Blackwell City Reader
“This new edition covers so much terrain of the urban scholarship that it is truly a very comprehensive and interdisciplinary reader for any course on cities and urban studies.”—Xiangming Chen, Trinity College“A rich and varied collection of important articles on cities. Selections range from older classic pieces to more recent insights, and the book provides a nice mix of European and American views of cities, whilst including writings about other areas of the world, especially China. Altogether this is an excellent and exciting collection of major writings.”—Anthony M. Orum, University of Illinois“The second edition ofThe Blackwell City Readeris even better than the first – and that was a milestone. TheReadercovers the full spectrum of approaches to the city concisely but with real authority. As a result, it is a vital introduction to thinking about cities in a time when global problems and urban problems have become effectively interchangeable.”—Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick