Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: A Definition of Urban Culture -- Theories of the City -- Modern Adaptation of the Chicago School -- Urban Conflict Theory in the Modern Age -- Urban Culturalist Theory as a Modern Application -- Roots of Culture -- The Development of Urban Culture -- Chapter Two: The Urban Environment -- Housing in the Urban Landscape -- Race and Class -- Business and Jobs in the Urban Landscape -- Culture Production -- Chapter Three: Evolution of Culture in the City -- Institutionalized Religion -- Hierarchy and Class -- Currency -- Cultural Artifacts That Denote Class and Conspicuous Consumption -- The Industrial Revolution and Urban Planning -- The Growth of the Suburbs -- Urban Pressure and the Debate on Welfare -- Chapter Four: Music in the City -- The First Organized Music Makers -- Producing Musical Culture -- The Sociology of Musicianship -- Music Consumption -- Race and Class in Urban Music Production -- Music as a Cultural Artifact -- Urban Music Consumption -- Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville-The Triumvirate -- Style, Sound, and Cities -- Chapter Five: Art and Sculpture -- Ancient Greece -- The Roman Empire -- The Renaissance and Culture -- The Benefits of Urban Culture Production -- Urban Painting -- Theater and Literature -- Chapter Six: Architecture and Fashion -- Ancient Urban Architecture -- Modern Urban Architecture -- Housing Discrimination-Race and Class -- Seeking Solutions: Paris, France -- St. Louis, Missouri -- and Baltimore, Maryland -- Cities Built to Suit -- Fashion -- Public Health as an Impetus for Urban Culture Production -- Production of Urban Culture through Fashion -- Chapter Seven: Photography, Film, and Television -- How Photographs Built a City -- Tinsel Town -- Live Television to Studio City.