Experiencing Cities

ISBN-13: 9780367175634 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 596 str.

Mark Hutter

Opis

The fourth edition of Mark Hutter’s Experiencing Cities examines cities and larger metropolitan areas within a truly global framework, lending readers much to understand and appreciate about the variety of urban structures and processes and their effect on the everyday lives of people residing in cities.

Spis treści

Preface  Part One:　Historical Developments  1 . Introduction to Experiencing Cities  2 . The Emergence of Cities  3. The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Urban Sociology  Part Two: Disciplinary Perspectives  4 . Chicago School: Urbanism and Urban Ecology  5. Urban Planning  6 . Urban Political Economy, the New Urban Sociology, and the Power of Place  Part Three: City Imagery  7 . City Imagery 8. The Skyscraper as Icon  Part Four. The Social Psychology of City Life  9. Experiencing Strangers and the Quest for Public Order  10. "Seeing" Disorder and the Ecology of Fear  Part Five: City People and Places  11 . Urban Communities and Social Policies  12. Families, Gender, and Singles in the City  13. The Consumer City: Shopping and Sports  Part Six: The Urban World  14. American Suburbanization Patterns  15 . Social Capital and Healthy Places  16. Experiencing Cities Globally

O autorze

Mark Hutter is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA.