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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145571503321

Titolo

A companion to the city [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, c2003

ISBN

1-4051-6674-6

1-78268-815-3

1-281-30944-3

9786611309442

0-470-69341-X

0-470-69269-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (658 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to geography

Altri autori (Persone)

BridgeGary

WatsonSophie

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to the City; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I Imagining Cities; Part II The Economy and the City; Part III Cities of Division and Difference; Part IV Public Cultures and Everyday Space; Part V Urban Politics and Urban Interventions; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective.:.; Indispensable companion for students of the City.; Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields.; Includes contributions from major scholars in the field.