03716oam 2200709I 450 991046541340332120200520144314.00-203-06672-31-299-27963-51-135-07618-910.4324/9780203066720 (CKB)2560000000099269(EBL)1143805(OCoLC)830160945(SSID)ssj0000832890(PQKBManifestationID)12399582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832890(PQKBWorkID)10900484(PQKB)10203821(MiAaPQ)EBC1143805(Au-PeEL)EBL1143805(CaPaEBR)ebr10672595(CaONFJC)MIL459213(OCoLC)841171588(EXLCZ)99256000000009926920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCity suburbs placing suburbia in a post-suburban world /Alan MaceAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-52061-4 0-415-52060-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; In conversation with Professor Sir Peter Hall; 1 Introduction; A suburban-urban world; Post-suburbia; Constructing suburbia; Structure of the book; Summary; 2 The contemporary context; Introduction; Global suburbia; Cities, regions; Residential impacts of agglomeration and dispersal; Summary; 3 Suburban homeland; Introduction; Private project; The suburban state; Managing the city; The city-suburban binary; Summary; 4 Variegated suburbia; Introduction; Suburban differenceSuburban society and politicsSummary; 5 constructing suburban meaning; Introduction; The Bourdieuian approach; Distinction; Critiques; Bourdieu in the 'burbs; Summary; 6 Semi-detached London?; Introduction; Moving across the urban canvas; Suburban distinction?; Participation; Summary; 7 Change in outer London; Introduction; Policy turns; Ethnicity and change; Place and porosity; Summary; 8 Placing the suburbs; Introduction; Place; Placing in historical context; Beyond Anglo-American histories; History and meaning-making; Placing meaning; Place as relational; Conclusions; Appendix; ReferencesIndexThe majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs. City Suburbs considers contemporary Anglo-American suburbia, drawing on research in outer London it looks at life on the edge of a world city from the perspective of residents. Interpreted through Bourdieu's theory of practice it argues that the contemporary suburban life is one where place and participation are, in combination, strong determinants of the suburban experience. From this perspective suburbia is better seen as a process, an on-going practice of the subuSuburbsEnglandLondonSuburbsUnited StatesSuburban lifeEnglandLondonSuburban lifeUnited StatesSociology, UrbanElectronic books.SuburbsSuburbsSuburban lifeSuburban lifeSociology, Urban.307.7409421Mace Alan1960-,968320MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465413403321City suburbs2199285UNINA