Experiencing cities

Experiencing cities

by Hutter, Mark

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  • Full title :Experiencing cities / Mark Hutter.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.
  • Edition:Third edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxvii, 526 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781138851603, 1138851604, 9781138851610, 1138851612, 9781317529712, 1317529715
  • oclc:ocn910475613
  • LC Classification:HT151
  • Dewey Decimal:307.76

Table of Contents

Part I. Historical developments : 1. Introduction to experiencing cities : The urban world -- Civilization and cities -- Microlevel sociology and macrolevel sociology and experiencing cities -- Symbolic interactionism and the study of city life : W.I. Thomas: the definition of the situation ; Robert E. Park: the city as a state of mind ; Anselm L. Strauss: images of the city ; Lyn Lofland: the world of strangers and the public realm ; Elijah Anderson: race and urban street life -- Experiencing cities through symbolic interactionism -- Growing up in the city: a personal odyssey -- 2. The emergence of cities : The origin of cities -- The agricultural revolution -- The urban revolution -- Sumerian cities -- Trade theory and the origin of cities -- Social and cultural factors and the emergence, development, and decline of early cities : Religion in early cities ; Agricultural surplus, trade, and technology ; Resources, power, and interactive effects ; Warfare ; Limitations on urban growth ; What does the evidence indicate? -- 3. The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology : The industrial revolution and nineteenth-century European cities -- Manchester: the shock city of …

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