Metropolis: Center and Symbol of Our Times (Main Trends of the Modern World) - Softcover

 
9780814746400: Metropolis: Center and Symbol of Our Times (Main Trends of the Modern World)
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ISBN 10: 0814746403 ISBN 13: 9780814746400
Verlag: NEW YORK UNIV PR, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of a major city. What has prompted this emphasis on the city? Chronicling the rise of the modern city, Metropolis draws from the work of such renowned social thinkers as Georg Simmel, Lewis Mumford, Walter Benjamin, Richard Sennett, and Herbert Gans, to illustrate how and why we have come to be an urban society and what the future holds for the American city. Each of the five sections (on modernity and the urban ethos; New York City; community and social bonds in the city; social relations and public places; and the role of space, race, class, and politics in the American city) is prefaced by an introduction by the editor, highlighting the issues under discussion.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip Kasinitz is Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and author of Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race.

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Verlag
NEW YORK UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0814746403
ISBN 13 
9780814746400
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
486
Herausgeber
Kasinitz Philip
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