This reader draws together seminal selections spanning the subfield from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Contributions from Simmel, Wirth, Park, Burgess, Zukin, Sassen, Smith and Castells are amongst the 40 selections.
Urban social movements have arisen to articulate the demands of the socially and economically disenfranchised in our cities. The Urban Sociology Reader offers seminal selections that span the sub-field from the nineteenth ...
... established a distinctive program of urban research in the sociology department at the University of Chicago in the early twentieth century . Ernest Watson Burgess was born on May 16 , 1886 in Tilbury , Ontario , Canada .
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, till now, widely dispersed writings.
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, till now, widely dispersed writings.