544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
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This set of readings presents useful insights into urbanization and provides a fresh perspective on American cities and their inhabitants. Advancing the premise that it is not possible to understand how people live in cities without understanding how they think of them, the editor presents historical and contemporary materials that illustrate vividly the variety of ways in which Americans have... Read more
1: Images and Perspectives; 2: Contrasting Conceptions of the Same City; 3: The Frontier and the City; 4: City Destiny; 5: Early Versions of the Rural-Urban Dialogue; 6: Perils of the Great City; 7: Success and the Perilous City; 8: Poverty and Its Solutions; 9: Democracy, Politics, and Municipal Reform; 10: Order and Disorder in the City; 11: Sociologists Study Social Worlds; 12: The City without Human Purpose; 13: Rural Amenities and Urban Attributes; 14: Suburbia; 15: Visitors Fun and Esthetics; 16: City Planning; 17: Urban Imagery and Urban Theory
Biography
David Riesman
