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Preface.
Introduction: Contemporary Issues in Urban Sociology.
Part I: Recent Theoretical Perspectives on Cities and Society.
1 The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place.
Harvey Molotch.
2 Urban Restructuring: A Critical View.
John Logan and Todd Swanstrom.
3 Space and Status.
Daphne Spain.
4 Los Angeles and the Chicago School: Invitation to a Debate.
Michael Dear.
5 Modernity, Post-modernity, and Urban Culture.
Mike Savage and Alan Warde.
Part II: Globalization and Its Impact on Cities.
6 Overview of Global Cities.
Saskia Sassen.
7 Rural-Urban Interface and Migration.
Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler.
8 Community, Ethnicity, and Urban Sociology.
Jan Lin.
9 The New Urban Reality.
Roger Waldinger.
10 The Return of the Sweatshop.
Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum.
Part III: The Changing Urban Economy.
11 Understanding Homelessness: From Global to Local.
Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear.
12 Markets, Decision-Makers, and the Real Estate Cycle.
Susan S. Fainstein.
13 Gentrification, Cuisine, and the Critical Infrastructure: Power and Centrality Downtown.
Sharon Zukin.
14 Gazing on History.
John Urry.
15 Neo-Bohemia: Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Chicago.
Richard Lloyd.
Part IV: Urban Policy Choices.
16 Chaos or Community? Directions for Public Policy.
Paul Jargowsky.
17 The Missing Link.
Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton.
18 Fortress L. A.
Mike Davis.
19 Economic Inequality and Public Policy: The Power of Place.
Todd Swanstrom, Peter Dreier and John Mollenkopf.
20 The Challenge of Urban Sprawl.
Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio, and Gar Alperovitz
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Joaquin Perez Jr
reviewed Cities and society on April 24, 2015
Cities and society
I only read a few chapters of this book. What I read was interesting but I didn't think I could ever complete reading this book. I was interested in this subject matter but apparently only on the surface.
This book is about cities of the world. How they were formed, why, and how they declined.
I discovered that the first world city was Catal Huyuk which was founded some 9000 years ago in what is now southern Turkey.
I found the life of the Sumerians fascinating. They lived 4000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Archeologists have discovered writings on tablets about Sumerian life. Their lives were similar to ours except for the technology. There was one tablet from a father to son about how disappointed he was for his son to be loitering in the streets. They also found a math word problem that was worked in the schools. They knew of Pythagorean equation before Pythagorus was even born.
It took me a couple years to read the 4 chapters and I barely touched the meat of this book so I knew I would never finish it.
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