Main entry:

Short, John R.

Title & Author:

The urban order : an introduction to cities, culture, and power / John Rennie Short.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

Description:

vi, 506 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Cities and Economic Development -- Ch. 3. The Urbanisation of the Economy -- Ch. 4. The City and the Global Economy -- Ch. 5. The Political Economy of Urbanization -- Ch. 6. Capital, Labor, and the City: Case Study I, Part 1 -- Ch. 7. Capital, Labor, and the City: Case Study I, Part 2 -- Ch. 8. Yuppies, Yuffies, and the New Urban Order: Case Study II -- Ch. 9. The Housing Market -- Ch. 10. The Social Arena -- Ch. 11. Life in the City -- Ch. 12. The Political Arena -- Ch. 13. Residential Mobility in the City: Case Study III -- Ch. 14. Gender, Space, and Power: Case Study IV -- Ch. 15. Race, Ethnicity, and the City: Case Study V -- Ch. 16. City as Investment -- Ch. 17. City as Text -- Ch. 18. City Images -- Ch. 19. Reconstructing the Image of a City: Case Study VI -- Ch. 20. Conflict and Compromise in the Built Environment: Case Study VII -- Ch. 21. Postscript: Barcelona.

Summary:

This is a comprehensive guide to the latest scholarship in urban studies. Traditional models, radical interpretations and postmodern concerns are synthesised in an accessible account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1557863601 (acid-free paper)
9781557863607 (acid-free paper)
155786361X (pbk.)
9781557863614 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Social issues.
Economic issues.
Cities
Villes.
cities.
Stadtwirtschaft
Großstadt
Städtebau
Gesellschaft
Sozialer Wandel
Stadt
Sozialstruktur
Semiotik
Stadscultuur.
Stedelijke economie.
Sociologia urbana.
Geografia urbana.
Economia urbana.
Capitais, metropoles, areas metropolitanas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258538
Call No.: HT151 .S56 1996
Status: Available