Cities and society
In: Blackwell readers in sociology 13
Prelims; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Contemporary Issues in Urban Sociology; 1 The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a; 2 Urban Restructuring: A Critical View; 3 Space and Status; 4 Los Angeles and the Chicago School: Invitation to a Debate; 5 Modernity, Post-modernity and Urban Culture; 6 Overview of Global Cities; 7 The Urban-Rural Interface and Migration; 8 Community, Ethnicity, and Urban Sociology; 9 The New Urban Reality; 10 The Return of the Sweatshop; 11 Understanding Homelessness: From Global to Local; 12 Economic Restructuring and Redevelopment.