Cities and Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780415382731 / Angielski

UK) Parker David (University of Nottingham

Opis

International and interdisciplinary, this important book provides a clear, user-friendly introduction to contemporary debates on urban life. With illustrative material drawn from a range of international cities it is an ideal student reference.

Spis treści

1. Everyday Life and the New Urban Studies  2. Mobility and Migration  3. Home, Work and the Quality of Life  4. The City as Spectacle  5. Cities and Everynight Life  6. The Discarded City  7. Networked Urbanism: The Future of Cities?

O autorze

David Parker is lecturer in Sociology, at the University of Nottingham. His research interests encompass ethnicity and identity (with particular reference to overseas Chinese and mixed race identities); urban life; the public realm; social and cultural theory.