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pt. 1. Urbanization and Community -- pt. 2. Understanding Urban Growth in the Capitalist City -- pt. 3. Racial and Social Inequality -- pt. 4. Gender and Sexuality -- pt. 5. Globalization and Transnationality -- pt. 6. Culture and the City -- pt. 7. Regulation and Rights in Urban Space.

Ur sociology in France from 1900 to 1980 is divided into three periods: (1) Until the 1960s, functionalist studies dominated the field. As cases in point, the works of Maurice Halbwachs & Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe are discussed. (2) From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, neo-Marxist economics was most notable among the various trends. (3) Since 1975, neo-Marxism has declined & studies now focus on the irreducible plurality of concrete examples of collectives & social movements. Underlying this chronological analysis is the idea that the history of sociology is not a contingent succession of theories, nor is it cumulative. It is the polemical history of a field of knowledge, which is constantly trying to construct an autonomy that is denied or threatened by other fields, as represented by institutions or social movements. 2 Photos. AA Tr & Modified by C. Waters

More extensive methodology is required to study the complexities of everyday life in the rapidly expanding urban areas around the globe, as well as to gain a better understanding of life in established urban areas. Presented over two volumes, Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology A and B explore the use and potential of visual materials and methodologies that expand the level of analysis and ways of seeing in urban sociology. Both volumes comprise examinations of sources, tools, and methods to capture, analyze, and communicate the visual dimension of urban environments, using existing visual sources as well as visual media as tools to both produce data and communicate insights and views on the contemporary urban condition and experience. Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology Part B explores the urban every day in globalizing cities, considering utilizing perception in motion, the visual component of neighbourhoods, smoking in the city, resignifying urban traces of colonialism, visual/sensory ethnography and co-living with death, and isolated buildings as indicators of social change. Yielding empirical data and insights regarding the visually observable impact of urban planners, designers, advertisers, commercial forces, cultural institutions, local authorities, artists, protesters as social agents in the (re)production of urban cultural processes, both volumes are a novel and wide-ranging contribution that advances the contours and potential of a more 'visual' urban sociology.

"Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text, The New Urban Sociology is a broad and expert introduction to urban sociology that is both relevant and accessible to students. Organized around an integrated paradigm, the sociospatial perspective, this text examines the role played by social factors such as race, class, gender, lifestyle, economics, and culture on the development of metropolitan areas, and integrates social, ecological and political economy perspectives and research into this study. With its unique perspective, concise history of urban life, clear summary of urban social theory, and attention to the impact of culture on urban development, this book gives students a cohesive conceptual framework for understanding cities and urban life. The 6th edition of The New Urban Sociology is a major overhaul and expansion of the previous editions. This edition is packed with new material including an expansion of the sociospatial approach to include the primary importance of racism in the formation of the urban landscape, the spatial aspects of urban social problems, including the issues surrounding urban public health and affordable housing, and a brand new chapter on urban social movements. There is also new material on the importance of space for social groups, including immigrants and the LGBTQ community, as well as the gendered meanings embedded in social space"--