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OverviewFor the first time Urban Theory and the Urban Experience brings together classic and contemporary approaches to urban research in order to reveal the intellectual origins of urban studies, and the often unacknowledged debt that empirical and theoretical perspectives on the city owe to one another. From the foundations of modern urban theory in the work of Weber, Simmel, Benjamin, and Lefebvre to the writings of contemporary urban theorists such as David Harvey and Manuel Castells and the Los Angeles school of urbanism, this book traces the key developments in the idea of the city over more than a century. Chapters that deal with 'hands on' studies of the great metropolis from Charles Booth to the contemporary urban investigations of William J. Wilson compliment these theoretical concerns, and are accompanied by an analysis of alternative ideas to the traditional metropolis ranging from 'the garden city' to 'the new urbanism'. The impact of new information and communication technologies, and the growing trend towards disaggregated urban networks are considered, all of which raise important questions about the viability, and physical and social identity, of the convention townscape. Urban Theory and the Urban Experience concludes with a rallying cry for a more holistic and integrated approach to the urban question, in theory and in practice, if the full richness and potential of our cities is to be realised. Both students and urban scholars will appreciate the critical way in which classical and contemporary debates on the nature of the city are presented. Extensive use is made throughout of documentary, literary and cultural sources to bring the different theoretical perspectives to life. Discussion points introduce and explain key concepts and intellectual histories in a jargon free manner. End of chapter further readings have also been annotated to encourage additional study. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon Parker (University of York, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780415245920ISBN 10: 0415245923 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 06 November 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9780415520706 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents1. Introduction: Encountering the City 2. The Foundations of Urban Theory: Weber, Simmel, Benjamin and Lefebvre 3.The City Described: Social Reform And The Empirical Tradition in Classic Urban Studies 4. Visions of Utopia: From the Garden City to the New Urbanism 5. The City and the Suburb: Urban Studies In The United States and Britain after the Second World War 6. Urban Fortunes: Making Sense of the Capitalist City 7. The Contested City: Politics, People and Power 8. From Pillar to Post: Culture, Representation and Difference in the Urban World 9. Putting the City in its Place: Urban Futures and the Future of Urban TheoryReviewsParker's remarkable synthesis of the urban literature over the past 150 years shows how the best urban theories grow out of the lived experience in cities and can help citizens to reflect on that experience and make it better. It will be invaluable both to students needing a guide to urban theory as well as connoisseurs looking for a provocative synthesis of the literature. <br>-Todd Swanstrom, Saint Louis University <br> Through a critical examination of the work of the most influential urbanists of the last 150 years, this book provides a scholarly and exhilarating analysis of how we think about, live in, and shape cities. <br>-Nicholas Fyfe, University of Dundee <br> A concise and highly accessible urban studies textbook that makes intelligent multi-disciplinary articulations much needed in an increasingly complex urban world 'both sides' of Helsinki and San Diego. <br>-Roger Keil, York University, Canada <br> Probably the best guide to the complex currents of contemporary urban theory currently available. With a superb sweeping perspective Simon Parker has delivered an analysis that somehow manages to be theoretical, empirical, and policy relevant. The result is a book that is accessible and cutting-edge; contemporary and historically grounded; international and relevant to urban debates in North America, Europe, and the Majority world. <br>-Stephen Graham, University of Newcastle <br> Simon Parker provides both a consummate summary and an analysis of the major theoreticians and ideas that have shaped urban analysis that will provide students and academics with both an accessible reference work and an armory of ideas with which to explore the urban experience. <br>-RowlandAtkinson, University of Glasgow <br> Probably the best guide to the complex currents of contemporary urban theory currently available. - Stephen Graham, University of Newcastle 'This is, unequivocally, the best urban textbook to have been written in recent years; perhaps, even, the best ever... Parker deserves congratulating for managing to produce such a comprehensive, well-balanced and well pitched overview of contemporary knowledge on the city.' - David B. Clarke, University of Leeds for Progress in Human Geography <p> Probably the best guide to the complex currents of contemporary urban theory currently available. - Stephen Graham, University of Newcastle<p>'This is, unequivocally, the best urban textbook to have been written in recent years; perhaps, even, the best ever... Parker deserves congratulating for managing to produce such a comprehensive, well-balanced and well pitched overview of contemporary knowledge on the city.' - David B. Clarke, University of Leeds for Progress in Human Geography Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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