03174oam 2200661I 450 991046148880332120200520144314.01-283-46048-397866134604861-136-67151-X0-203-80886-X10.4324/9780203808863 (CKB)2670000000148438(EBL)738709(OCoLC)797918863(SSID)ssj0000677701(PQKBManifestationID)11932007(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677701(PQKBWorkID)10698376(PQKB)11418662(MiAaPQ)EBC738709(Au-PeEL)EBL738709(CaPaEBR)ebr10533786(CaONFJC)MIL346048(OCoLC)783127254(EXLCZ)99267000000014843820180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobalization, modernity, and the city /John Rennie ShortAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (321 p.)Routledge studies in human geography ;36Description based upon print version of record.0-415-85788-0 0-415-67692-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 city10 Shanghai: the reglobalizing city11 Megalopolis: the liquid city; PART 4 Urban utopias; 12 Postscript; Bibliography; IndexWe 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 the growth of big cities, the Routledge studies in human geography ;36.UrbanizationCase studiesGlobalizationCase studiesElectronic books.UrbanizationGlobalization303.48/2091732Short John R.129745MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461488803321Globalization, modernity, and the city2199228UNINA