Cities and Consumption

by Mark Jayne

Book Overview

In investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is consumption moulded by cities?

Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life: between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415327334
• ISBN13: 9780415327336
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"