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9781526402844 Academic Inspection Copy

The City: Modernity and Post-Modernity, 8v

  • ISBN-13: 9781526402844
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
  • Edited by Dr. Alan Latham
  • Price: AUD $3113.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
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  • Local release date: 29/03/2018
  • Format: Mixed media product Weight: 5640g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]Human geography [RGC]
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Cities are sites of great wealth and poverty, of hope and despair, of social and economic dynamism, as well as tradition and established power. Social scientists and humanities scholars have over the past three decades generated an impressive range of perspectives for making sense of the vast complexities of cities. These perspectives tell both of the economic, social and political dynamism cities generate, and point to possible lines of future development. This 8-volume benchmark collection brings together a hugely diverse collection of the most influential and important papers on this topic. The first four volumes, The City: Modernity, focus on the emergence of the modern city and its connection with the project of modernity. The final four volumes, The City: Post-Modernity, will focus more exclusively on the contemporary city, looking at the subject through the lenses of globalization and post-colonialism, amongst others.
Alan Latham is another Professor of Human Geography at University College London. His research focuses on sociality, social infrastructure, and the public life of cities more generally. He's studied those themes in all sorts of places around the world too. In undertaking this work, he's explored a range of research approaches - including the use of photo-diaries, diary-interviews, social contact logs, and video recording and analysis. He's interested in doing whatever works to get as close as possible to the realities of people's experience. Originally from New Zealand, he's also been in London, and UCL, for quite a long time too.
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