The imaginative structure of the city / Alan Blum.

Main entry:

Blum, Alan, 1935-

Title & Author:

The imaginative structure of the city / Alan Blum.

Publication:

Description:

x, 330 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

Culture of cities

Restrictions:

Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
The City Is Nothing But a Sign! -- The Common Situation -- Time, Space -- Cosmopolitanism -- Nighttime -- Scenes -- Materialism -- Impermanence -- Excitement.

Summary:

Annotation Blum explores the symbolic and imaginative nature of the city as a vital part of everyday life in modern civilization. He introduces the city as a community that must struggle to maintain its collective identity against typical problems--problems that threaten to fragment the city's sense of itself.

Resources:
c2003.
Table of contents

ISBN:

0773525394 (alk. paper)
9780773525399 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns.
Cities
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes.
urban sociology.
cities.
Stadtsoziologie
Stadssociologie.
Steden.
Towns.
Culture.
Community development.
Urban sociology.

Added entries:

Culture of cities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227436
Call No.: HT119 .B58 2003
Status: Available

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