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OverviewThis highly accessible account of Marxism and the city covers their relationship from the 1850s to the present through biographical chapters on eight towering figures in the Marxist tradition - Marx, Engels, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre, Guy Debord, Manuel Castells, David Harvey and Marshall Berman. Each chapter combines interesting biographical anecdotes with a readable analysis of each individual's contribution to the evolving Marxist theory of the city. Merrifield highlights the dialectical nature of the modern city in both its industrial and post-industrial phases. Cities are the places where capital organizes itself and inequality is most intense, but also where the potential for progressive change is most real. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew MerrifieldPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.220kg ISBN: 9780415933490ISBN 10: 0415933498 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 16 August 2002 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction1.Karl Marx: Commodities and Cities, With Sober Senses2.Fredrick Engels: Back Street Boy in Manchester3.Walter Benjamin: The City of Profane Illumination4.Henri Lefebvre: The Urban Revolution5. Guy Debord: The City of Marx and Coca-Cola6.Manuel Castells: The City of Althusser and Social Movements7. David Harvey: The Geopolitics of Urbanization8. Marshall Berman: A Marxist URban RomanceReviewsPeople who equate Marxism with drabness have not been keeping up with their shopping (Prada) or their reading. Merrifield, a British writer who now lives in New York, is accessible, optimistic and even fun. The urban center, Merrifield argues, is the site of economic extremes and for that reason the most promising field for social change. A primer for the postindustrial children of Marx and Coca-Cola. -The New York Times The strengths of Metromarxism are immediately apparent. Merrifield is a lively, engaging, and sometimes humorous writer... He says enough about their ideas to pique our interest, concisely, and with the minimum of jargon. His judgements are consistenly sound, and the selected references useful... More taster than primer, this book nicely fills a niche.. - H-Net People who equate Marxism with drabness have not been keeping up with their shopping (Prada) or their reading. Merrifield, a British writer who now lives in New York, is accessible, optimistic and even fun. The urban center, Merrifield argues, is the site of economic extremes and for that reason the most promising field for social change. A primer for the postindustrial children of Marx and Coca-Cola . -- The New York Times The strengths of Metromarxism are immediately apparent. Merrifield is a lively, engaging , and sometimes humorous writer... He says enough about their ideas to pique our interest, concisely, and with the minimum of jargon. His judgements are consistenly sound, and the selected references useful... More taster than primer, this book nicely fills a niche. -- H-Net People who equate Marxism with drabness have not been keeping up with their shopping (Prada) or their reading. Merrifield, a British writer who now lives in New York, is accessible, optimistic and even fun. The urban center, Merrifield argues, is the site of economic extremes and for that reason the most promising field for social change. A primer for the postindustrial children of Marx and Coca-Cola. <br>-The New York Times <br> The strengths of Metromarxism are immediately apparent. Merrifield is a lively, engaging, and sometimes humorous writer... He says enough about their ideas to pique our interest, concisely, and with the minimum of jargon. His judgements are consistenly sound, and the selected references useful... More taster than primer, this book nicely fills a niche.. <br>- H-Net <br> Author InformationAndy Merrifield is Professor of Geography at Clark University. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford and is the coeditor of The Urbanization of Justice in addition to being a contributor to The Nation and Dissent. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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