The Urban Sociology Reader by Lin, Jan; Mele, Christopher;

Short description:

This reader draws together seminal selections spanning the subfield from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, with contributions from Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Zukin, Sassen, Smith and Castells amongst the forty selections.

Long description:

The urban world is a provocative terrain on which to contemplate the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have transformed over the last 200 years. This Reader traverses this terrain through sections on urban social theory, social difference in the city, culture in everyday life, culture and the urban economy, globalization and the world system and urban social movements.

Drawing together seminal selections covering the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this Reader includes forty significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Zukin, Sassen, Smith and Castells. Selections are predominantly sociological, but some readings cross disciplinary boundaries.

Providing an essential resource for students of urban studies, this book brings together important but, until now, widely dispersed writings. Editorial commentaries precede each entry; introducing the text, demonstrating its significance, and outlining the issues surrounding its topic, whilst the associated bibliography enables deeper investigations.

The urban world is a provocative terrain on which to contemplate the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have transformed over the last 200 years. This Reader traverses this terrain through sections on urban social theory, social difference in the city, culture in everyday life, culture and the urban economy, globalization and the world system and urban social movements.

Drawing together seminal selections covering the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this Reader includes forty significant writings from eminent names such as Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Zukin, Sassen, Smith and Castells. Selections are predominantly sociological, but some readings cross disciplinary boundaries.

Providing an essential resource for students of urban studies, this book brings together important but, until now, widely dispersed writings. Editorial commentaries precede each entry; introducing the text, demonstrating its significance, and outlining the issues surrounding its topic, whilst the associated bibliography enables deeper investigations.

Table of Contents:

Introduction  Part 1: Urbanism And Community  1. Introduction  2. Community and Society Ferdinand Tonnies  3. The Metropolis and Mental Life Georg Simmel  4. Urbanism as a Way of Life Louis Wirth  5. Urbanism and Suburbanism as Ways of Life: A Reevaluation of Definitions Herbert Gan  6. Theories of Urbanism Claude Fischer Plate Section  Part 2: The Form and Function of Cities  7. Introduction  8. Human Ecology Robert Park  9. The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project Ernest Burgess  10. The Natural Areas of a City Harvey Zorbaugh  11. Sentiment and Symbolism as Ecological Variables Walter Firey  12. The City as a Growth Machine John Logan and Harvey Molotch  13. Los Angeles and the Chicago School: Invitation to a Debate Michael Dear  Plate Section  Part 3: Inequality and Social Difference  14. Introduction  15. The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City Loic J. D. Wacquant and William Julius Wilson  16. Segregation and the Making of the Underclass Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton  17. Urban Outcasts: Stigma and Division in the Black American Ghetto and the French Urban Periphery Loic J. D. Wacquant  18. The Immigrant Enclave: Theory and Empirical Examples Alejandro Portes and Robert D. Manning  19. Men Without Property: The Tramp's Classification and Use of Urban Space James Duncan  Plate Section  Part 4: Gender And Sexuality  20. Introduction 21. City Spatial Structure, Women's Household Work, and National Urban Policy Ann R. Markusen  22. 'Race', Space, and Power: The Survival Strategies of Working Poor Women Melissa R. Gilbert  23. Gender and Space: Lesbians and Gay Men in the City Sy Adler and Johanna Brenner  24. Freeing South Africa: The 'Modernization' of Male-Male Sexuality in Soweto Donald L. Donham  Plate Section  Part 5: Globalization and Urban Change  25. Introduction  26. The World City Hypothesis John Friedmann  27. The Urban Impact of Economic Globalization Saskia Sassen  28. Power in Place: Retheorizing the Local and the Global Michael Peter Smith  29. City Life: West African Communities in New York Paul Stoller and Jasmin Tahmaseb McConath  30. Globalization and the Revalorizing of Ethnic Places in Immigration Gateway Cities Jan Lin  Plate Section  Part 6: Culture and the Urban Economy  31. Introduction  32. Whose Culture? Whose City? Sharon Zukin  33. Cities and the Creative Class Richard Florida  34. Looking at Themed Environments Mark Gottdiener  35. Globalization, Culture and Neighborhood Change Christopher Mele  Plate Section  Part 7: Urban Exclusion and Social Resistance  36. Introduction  37. Chinatown, Part Two?: The 'Internationalization' of Downtown Los Angeles Mike Davis  38. Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation Teresa P. R. Caldeira  39. Urban Social Movements - Local Thematics, Global Spaces Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Margit Mayer  40. Glocalizing Protest: Urban Conflicts and Global Social Movements Betina Kohler and Markus Wissen  Plate Section