Consuming Cities
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 7, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780333977101
Subjects: Urban communities; Social Science; Textbooks; Sociology; Sociology - General; Sociology - Urban; Social Science / Sociology / General; Cities and towns; City and town life; Consumption (Economics); Material culture; Sociology, Urban
Description: Contemporary urban consumption touches the everyday lives of most citizens and permeates discussion of society and culture today. This text looks at this topic from perspectives in both sociology and cultural theory, drawing together references from mainstream and also less obvious sources in both literatures.