Urban Sociology

ISBN-13: 9780415418232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 176 str.

R. N. Morris

Opis

Offers a theoretical introduction to urban sociology. Based on the urban theory of Louis Wirth, this book systematically examines Wirth's principal ideas in the contexts of pre-industrial cities, industrial cities and bureaucracies. It discusses conditions for the emergence of cities and for industrialization, and more.

Spis treści

Introduction

1. 'Urbanism as a way of life': The urban theory of Louis Wirth

2. The pre-industrial city

3. Wirth's theory and the industrial city

4. Ecological processes in the city

5. Bureaucracy in urban-industrial societies

6. Wirth's theory of urbanism: an overall evaluation

O autorze

R.N. Morris