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UNINA9910822753003321 |
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Autore |
Short John R. |
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Globalization, modernity, and the city / / John Rennie Short |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-67150-1 |
1-283-46048-3 |
9786613460486 |
1-136-67151-X |
0-203-80886-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 36 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urbanization |
Globalization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Globalization, Modernity, and the City; Copyright; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; PART 1 Global generalities; 1 The Third Urban Revolution; 2 The Late Modern Wave of Globalization; 3 Metropolitan modernities; PART 2 Thematic specificities; 4 Urban spectaculars: World's Fairs and Summer Olympics; 5 Flânerie and the globalizing city; 6 Traffic, accidents and the modern city; 7 Modernity and urban utopias: the early Bauhaus; 8 Big city; PART 3 City particularities; 9 Alice Springs/Mparntwe: the postcolonial creative city |
10 Shanghai: the reglobalizing city11 Megalopolis: the liquid city; PART 4 Urban utopias; 12 Postscript; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention. Cities are an integral part of the network of globalization and important sites of modernization. Globalization, Modernity and The City weaves together broad social themes with detailed urban analysis to explore the connections between the rise of big cities, the creation of a global network and the making of the modern world. It explains |
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