The new urban sociology
By: Mark Gottdiener, Ray Hutchison
Contributors: Hutchison, Ray
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780813344256
Subjects: Urbanization; Suburbs; History; Metropolitan areas; Urban Sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-423) and index.
Table of contents: title: The new urban sociology; title: The origins of urban life; title: The rise of urban sociology; title: Contemporary urban sociology; title: Urbanization in the United States; title: Suburbanization, globalization and the emergence of the multi-centered region; title: People and lifestyles in the metropolis: urban and suburban culture; title: Minority settlement patterns, neighborhoods, and communities in the multicentered metro region; title: Metropolitan problems: racism, poverty, crime, housing , and fiscal crisis; title: Urbanization in the developed nations; title: Globalization and urbanization in the developing world; title: Metropolitan planning and environmental issues; title: Metropolitan social policy; title: The future of urban sociology.