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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460079503321

Titolo

The city, revisited [[electronic resource] ] : urban theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York / / Dennis R. Judd and Dick Simpson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4655-8

0-8166-7517-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JuddDennis R

SimpsonDick W

Disciplina

307.760973

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban - United States

Metropolitan government - United States

Sustainable development - United States

Electronic books.

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

pt. 1. Revisiting urban theory -- pt. 2. The view from Los Angeles -- pt. 3. The view from New York -- pt. 4. The view from Chicago -- pt. 5. The utility of U.S. urban theory.

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors to The City, Revisited trace an intellectual history that begins in 1925 with the publication of the influential classic The City, engaging in a spirited debate about whether the major theories of twentieth-century urban development are relevant for studying the twenty-first-century metropolis. Contributors: Janet Abu-Lughod, Northwestern U and New School for Social Research; Robert Beauregard, Columbia U; Larry Bennett, DePaul U; Andrew A. Beveridge, Queens College and CUNY; Amy Bridges, U of California, San Diego; Terry Nichols Clark, U of Chicago; Nicholas Dahmann, U of Sou