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Introduction -- Centrists versus decentrists : the debate over the new city -- A field guide to the new metropolis -- The battle for number one : downtown versus edgeless cities -- Charting the elusive metropolis -- Are edge cities losing their edge? -- The many faces of sprawl -- Facing the reality of the elusive metropolis

Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection with film culture

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Strategic Defence Initiative -- 2 The Soviet Reaction to the SDI -- 3 The Reykjavik Summit: October 11-12 1986 -- 4 US-Soviet Relations after the Reykjavik Summit -- 5 Strategic Defence: The Post-Cold War and Post-September 11 World -- Conclusion -- Selective Bibliography -- Index

Investigating American television viewing habits as a distinct cultural form this book is based on an empirical study of the day-to-day use of television by working people and develops a unique theoretical approach to explore the way in which people give meaning to their viewing practices