Jaipur • New Delhi • Bengaluru • Guwahati • Kolkata
John Rennie Short
The majority of the world’s population now lives in cities. Now,
more than ever, we need a guide to navigating the complexity of the modern
metropolis.
This revised and updated second edition by a leading authority
provides a state-of-the-art synthesis of contemporary debates in urban theory,
will illustrative case studies from around the globe. Beginning with a review
of classic contribution to understanding the rise of the modern capitalist
city, it then looks at the evolution of the city into diverse urban landscape
of post modern times. Accessible comprehensive, and likely in style the new
edition is the ideal text for student from the range of disciplines including
geography cultural studies planning urban design politics, sociology and
economics.
Introduction
Theorizing the Premodern City
Theorizing the Modern City
Theorizing the Postmodern City
The City as Network
The Economic City
The City of Difference
The Political City
The Everyday City
The City and Nature
Urban Imaginaries
Marketing the City
The Future of Urban Theory: Directions
and Intersections
JOHN
RENNIE SHORT is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
Baltimore Country (UMBC), USA.
Sukhadeo Thorat and Narender Kumar (Eds.)
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