The City

by Deborah Stevenson

Book Overview

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested and negotiated ways in which cities are built, understood, lived and imagined. Taking a thematic approach and drawing on a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical points of reference, it examines such subjects as urban inequality, public space, creative cities, globalization, the night-time economy, suburbia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745648908
• ISBN13: 9780745648903
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"