The Urban Sociology Reader
By: [edited by] Jan Lin and Christopher Mele
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780415665308; 9780415665315
Subjects: Urban Sociology
Description: "Drawing together seminal selections covering the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this reader includes forty-three significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Du Bois, Zukin, Sassen, and Harvey. The second edition illuminates more recent urban issues, such as sprawl, sustainability, immigration, and urban protest. Selections are predominantly sociological, but some readings cross disciplinary boundaries."
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The urban sociology reader. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.