02965nam 22007094a 450 991078379930332120231206233357.01-282-86113-197866128611300-7735-7103-510.1515/9780773571037(CKB)1000000000244927(SSID)ssj0000280611(PQKBManifestationID)11224766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280611(PQKBWorkID)10291486(PQKB)10801112(CaPaEBR)400227(CaBNvSL)jme00324362 (Au-PeEL)EBL3330651(CaPaEBR)ebr10132833(CaONFJC)MIL286113(OCoLC)929120848(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4jnt0h(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400227(MiAaPQ)EBC3330651(DE-B1597)656090(DE-B1597)9780773571037(MiAaPQ)EBC3243404(EXLCZ)99100000000024492720040708d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe imaginative structure of the city[electronic resource] /Alan BlumMontreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc2003x, 330 p. ;24 cmCulture of Cities Series ;1Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2539-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-325) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The City Is Nothing But a Sign! -- The Common Situation -- Time, Space -- Cosmopolitanism -- Nighttime -- Scenes -- Materialism -- Impermanence -- Excitement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexBlum's distinctive form of theoretical inquiry pushes the reader to move beyond conventional ways of thinking about familiar urban issues in answering such fundamental questions as, How does a city exist? How do its inhabitants define their relationship to it? Who is entitled to speak for it? What is its symbolic nature? In what way does the city function as a focus of attempts to resolve social problems such as alienation, participation, and community? In what ways do night and nighttime affect our relationship to it? How is it possible to speak of a city as both exciting and alienating?Sociology, UrbanCities and townsSociologie urbaineVillesSociology, Urban.Cities and towns.Sociologie urbaine.Villes.307.76Blum Alan1935-1116804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783799303321The imaginative structure of the city3698691UNINA