The City Cultures Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0415302455
- ISBN-13
- 9780415302456
- Category
- Design
- Pages
- 508
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Tim Hall, Iain Borden, Malcolm Miles
Description
From Simmel and Burgess, to Zukin, Fainstein and Soja this title presents classic and contemporary writing on the culture of cities. Themes include: culture and technologies; everyday lives; contesting identity; boundaries and transgressions; utopias and dystopias, and possible urban futures.
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