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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195056892
ISBN-139780195056891
eBay Product ID (ePID)49188
Product Key Features
Number of Pages624 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCity Lights : Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society
SubjectUrban & Regional, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year1996
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorE. Barbara Phillips
Subject AreaSocial Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight36.7 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN94-013652
Reviews"Looks like an excellent text. I am seriously considering adopting it asa required text."--Walter F. Carroll, Bridgewater State College, "Looks like an excellent text. I am seriously considering adopting it as a required text."--Walter F. Carroll, Bridgewater State College, "Well-written and offers students an interesting range of social perspectives on the urban scene."--Lloyd Klein, Dowling College, "A great deal of stimulating material....Can satisfy a diverse approach to urban sociology and social change courses."--E. Obidinski, SUNY at Oneonta, "A creative introduction to American urban studies. It is an upbeat, interdisciplinary tour of the field."--Contemporary Sociology, "Like the first edition in 1981, this 1996 edition of City Lights retains the same lively panache that will make it a popular book on city life. Well done, again."--Harold Takooshian, Fordham University, "One of the most readable and complete books I have yet seen."--C. MelvinForeman, Seattle Pacific University, "Like the first edition in 1981, this 1996 edition of City Lights retainsthe same lively panache that will make it a popular book on city life. Welldone, again."--Harold Takooshian, Fordham University, "Well-written and offers students an interesting range of socialperspectives on the urban scene."--Lloyd Klein, Dowling College, "Perhaps the best urban studies text around....Highly readable, and written to catch and hold interest."--Charles D. King, Indiana State University, "Perhaps the best urban studies text around....Highly readable, andwritten to catch and hold interest."--Charles D. King, Indiana StateUniversity, "One of the most readable and complete books I have yet seen."--C. Melvin Foreman, Seattle Pacific University, Praise for the first edition: "A creative introduction to American urban studies. It is an upbeat, interdisciplinary tour of the field."--Contemporary Sociology, Praise for the first edition:"A creative introduction to American urban studies. It is an upbeat, interdisciplinary tour of the field."--Contemporary Sociology
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal307.76
Table Of ContentPart One: AN INVITATION TO THE CITY1. The Knowing Eye and Ear2. Thinking about Cities3. Posing the QuestionsPart Two: POLIS, METROPOLIS, MEGALOPOLIS4. From Urban Specks to Global Cities5. The Ties That Bind6. Metropolitan Community7. Making ConnectionsPart Three: PLURIBUS VS. UNUM8. Movin' On9. Identity CrisisPart Four: RULES OF THE GAME10. Social Ladders11. Discovering the RulesPart Five: WHO RUNS THIS TOWN12. The Skeleton of Power13. Bosses, Boodlers and Reformers14. Getting Things DonePart Six: SPACE AND PLACE15. Metropolitan Form and Space16. A Sense of PlacePart Seven: PAVING THEIR WAY17. Producing, Consuming, Exchanging18. Blue Collar, White Collar, Shirtless19. Raising and SpendingFinaleIndexBiographies
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe second edition of this successful urban studies text has been fully updated to highlight issues facing cities in an ever-shrinking global society. Skillfully blending perspectives from the social sciences with insights from the visual arts and humanities, this lively and imaginative text provides a comprehensive introduction to cities and how they work. Focusing on the U.S. city, it covers the major traditional topics, including urbanization and suburbanization, the two faces of community, spatial and social structure, economic base, and decision-making. In addition, the revised edition treats such specialized topics as personal space, and the impact of new technologies on architecture and politics. Phillips takes the point of view that what you see depends on how you look at it and how you define an urban problem determines its solution. In systematic fashion, she shows how scholarly controversy and public debates over urban policy are rooted in deep-seated differences: differences in political ideologies, research methods, theoretical orientations, academic disciplines, and/or levels of analysis. Phillips starts from several basic premises: no one has cornered the truth about cities (or anything else); even the loneliest town is linked in a worldwide system due to the urban-global interlock, and things urban-suburban are best understood in a broader context from an interdisciplinary outlook. The book offers numerous case studies, photoessays, examples, and firsthand accounts of such interesting and timely subjects as ethnic identity, ZIP codes as neighborhoods, big cities in poor countries, women's space, alternative urban-suburban futures, multiculturalism, temporary or contingent work, the entanglement of race and class, gated communities, and local fiscal crisis, placing these issues in broad analytical contexts. Developed and tested in the classroom, this rich and highly readable text features a wide range of illustrative materials and learning aids. Projects in each chapter and the books evenhanded approach to a variety of perspectives encourage students to develop their personal acquaintance with and knowledge about urban life. Excerpts from classic works, lists of key terms, and suggestions for further learning make this book a valuable tool for students in urban studies and a variety of urban-oriented courses, particularly urban sociology, city planning, urban politics, and urban history., Skillfully blending perspectives from the social sciences with insights from the visual arts and humanities, this lively and imaginative text provides a comprehensive introduction to cities and how they work. Focusing on the U.S. city, it covers the major traditional topics as well as cultural pluralism, the impact of the communications revolution, and architecture as symbolic politics. The second edition expands the coverage of racial and ethnic issues, suburbs, economic life, and urban problems.
LC Classification NumberHT151.P513 1996
