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The New Blackwell Companion to the City
Gary Bridge
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Description for The New Blackwell Companion to the City
Hardback. The New Blackwell Companion to the City provides a guide to the major themes in urban studies. Building on well established debates in the field, this volume provides students and scholars with a contemporary update on urban thinking. Editor(s): Bridge, Gary; Watson, Sophie. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1534.
This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives.
This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives.
- The most interdisciplinary collection of its kind
- Provides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the field
- Uses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadly
- Includes contributions from non Western perspectives and cities
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189811
SKU
V9781405189811
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gary Bridge
Gary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of Reason in the City of Difference: Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism (2005) and co-editor of Gentrification in a Global Context (with Rowland Atkinson, 2005), and The Blackwell City Reader (with Sophie Watson, second edition 2010). Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University. She is the author of City Publics: The (dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters (2006), co-author of Surface City: Sydney at the Millennium (1997) and co-editor of Postmodern Cities and Spaces (1995), Metropolis Now (1994), and The Blackwell City Reader (with Gary Bridge, second edition 2010), among other publications.
Reviews for The New Blackwell Companion to the City
“This collection of 65 academic essays covers everything from the role of dance in shaping cities to race and class in South Africa to the application of military techniques to city planning … The destructive effects of global capital and neo-liberal politics are much explored. Throwing out striking insights and facts... [it offers] useful and necessary responses to significant changes in the world.” The Observer “This new volume is in six sections, each introduced by an editorial overview… The individual chapters range from theoretical politics and sociology to the practicalities of maintaining high rise housing. Films and novels provide examples in many sections. Sometimes a chapter can be a surprise … there is something new and something very familiar in each … Geographers and sociologists will get much from this book, and there is material for architects and politicians. There is also something in the book for the ordinary city dweller.” Reference Reviews “Of great interest to upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars of urban studies, as well as those in urban planning, urban sociology, and urban geography ... Recommended." Choice