The new urban sociology - Gottdiener, Mark (Westview Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The new urban sociology -- The origins of urban life -- The rise of urban sociology -- Contemporary urban sociology -- Urbanization in the United States -- Suburbanization, globalization and the emergence of the multi-centered region -- People and lifestyles in the metropolis: urban and suburban culture -- Minority settlement patterns, neighborhoods, and communities in the multicentered metro region -- Metropolitan problems: racism, poverty, crime, housing, and fiscal crisis -- Urbanization in the developed nations -- Globalization and urbanization in the developing world -- Metropolitan planning and environmental issues -- Metropolitan social policy -- The future of urban sociology
Now revised and updated, this groundbreaking text utilizes an integrated sociospatial paradigm to consider the role of race, class, gender, lifestyle, economics, culture, and politics on the development of metropolitan areas