The postmodern urban condition
By: Michael J. Dear.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford, OX., England; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Urbanization -- California -- Los Angeles; Urbanization -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California); Urbanization -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles; Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California); Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Human geography -- California -- Los Angeles; Human geography -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California); Human geography -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
Description: "This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition. He provides an understanding of the intellectual, moral, and political consequences of postmodernism and an evaluation of the role of space, and place in contemporary social theory and philosophy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-320) and index.