| The City Cultures Reader Contributor(s): Borden, Iain (Editor), Hall, Tim (Editor), Miles, Malcolm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415302447 ISBN-13: 9780415302449 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: This extensively revised and updated "Second Edition "features 50 writings (of which 41 are new) organized into 10 sections that explore themes such as Symbolic Economies and New Urban Spaces; The Culture Industry; Culture and Technologies; Everyday Lives; Contesting Identity; Boundaries and Transgressions; Utopias and Dystopias; and Possible Urban Futures. The new edition now features extensive introductory sections which define both the city and culture. Section introductions introduce the major themes, and introductions to the individual writings explain their interest and significance to wider debates. Annotated further reading is also provided at the end of each section. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| LCCN: 2003007419 |
| Series: Routledge Urban Reader |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 7.5" W x 10.08" (2.88 lbs) 556 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cities are both products of culture, and sites where culture is made and received. By presenting the very best of classic and contemporary writing on the culture of cities, The City Cultures Reader provides an accessible overview of the diverse material on the interface between cities and culture. The extensively revised and updated second edition now features fifty generous writings (of which thirty-eight are new) organised into ten parts which explore themes such as: what is a city?; what is culture?; symbolic economies; the culture industry; culture and technologies; everyday lives; contesting identity; boundaries and transgressions; utopias and dystopias; and possible urban futures. Designed to aid student understanding, this new edition now features extensive introductory sections that define both the city and culture. Part introductions outline the major themes, whilst introductions to the individual writings explain their interest and significance to wider debates. Annotated further reading is also provided at the end of each part. |
