Ways of knowing the global urban -- The limits of comparative methodologies in urban studies -- Comparative urbanism in the archives : thinking with variety, thinking with connection -- Thinking cities through elsewhere : reformatting comparison -- Connections -- Relations -- Ge…
"Urban studies has gone global - in the range of cities it considers, the scope of its theoretical ambition, and the breadth of practical concerns which now frame urban research. New topics, new subjects of theorisation and new centres of analytical innovation shape the field. T…
"Urban studies has gone global - in the range of cities it considers, the scope of its theoretical ambition, and the breadth of practical concerns which now frame urban research. New topics, new subjects of theorisation and new centres of analytical innovation shape the field. T…
"In this book, originally published in 1990, the author presents a general, critical overview of Robert E. Park and the Chicago school of American sociology. Lal concentrates on the contribution that Park and those working within the Chicago school tradition have made to the are…
The current fascination with urban life has encouraged a growing interest in the Chicago School of sociology. This book uses the figure of the city reporter at the turn of the century to represent a new way of looking at urban life.
