Urban Social Theory: City, Self, and Society

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This book provides a comprehensive coverage of urban social theory within the history of social thought. It's an accessible and comprehensive coverage of the major social theorists and schools.

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This book provides a comprehensive coverage of urban social theory within the history of social thought. It's an accessible and comprehensive coverage of the major social theorists and schools.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195515459
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 2/1/2004
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 8.90 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Social Theory and the City 1
2 Urban History 63
3 Community, Suburbia, and Social Capital 91
4 Images of the City and the Social Construction of Meaning 114
5 Crime and the City 138
6 The Divided City 161
7 The State, the Local, and the Global 193
8 Urban Politics 219
9 Urban Professions 242
10 Housing, Citizenship, and Society 279
11 Family and Gender 307
Concluding Comments 331
Selected Biographical Data 336
Glossary of Terms 343
Notes 352
Bibliography 357
Index 379
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