The Urban Sociology Reader
The Urban Sociology Reader by Jan Lin, published by Routledge in 2012, is a comprehensive collection of significant writings that explore the complexities of urban life and its evolution over the past 200 years. This 2nd edition spans 447 pages and is presented in English, offering insights into urban social theory, racial and social differences, and the cultural dynamics within cities. The Reader features forty-three selections from influential thinkers such as Simmel, Wirth, and DuBois, addressing contemporary urban issues like sprawl, sustainability, and immigration.
Readers will find a diverse array of essays that illuminate the interplay between urban environments and social structures. The book includes editorial commentaries that introduce each selection, highlighting its relevance and contextualizing the discussions within urban sociology. By bridging various disciplines, this Reader serves as an essential resource for students and scholars interested in architecture, urban planning, and human geography, facilitating a deeper understanding of the urban landscape and its ongoing transformations.
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The urban world is an exciting terrain for investigating the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have transformed through the last 200 years. This Reader comprises sections on urban social theory, racial and social difference in the city, culture in everyday life, culture and the urban economy, globalization and transnational social relations and the regulation of urban space.
Drawing together seminal selections covering the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this Reader includes forty-three significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, DuBois, Zukin, Sassen, and Harvey. The 2nd edition illuminates more recent urban issues such as sprawl, sustainability, immigration and urban protest. Selections are predominantly sociological, but some readings cross disciplinary boundaries.
Providing an essential resource for students of urban studies, this book brings together important but, till now, widely dispersed writings. Editorial commentaries precede each entry; introducing the text, demonstrating its significance, and outlining the issues surrounding its topic, whilst the associated bibliography enables deeper investigations.
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