Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment / Edition 2

by John Rennie Short

Overview

This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137382641
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/05/2014
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2014
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: THEORIZING THE CITY IN TIME
1. Theorizing The Premodern City
2. Theorizing The Modern City
3. Theorizing The Postmodern City
PART II: THEORIZING THE CITY IN SPACE
4. The City As Network
5. The Economic City
6. The City Of Difference
7. The Political City 8. The Everyday City
9. The City And Nature
10. Urban Imaginaries
11. Marketing The City
12. The Future Of Urban Theory: Directions And Intersections.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Reviews of the first edition:

'A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling.' - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK

'A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest.' - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights

Editorial Reviews

Reviews of the first edition:
"A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK
"A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights


Reviews of the first edition:
"A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK
"A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of "Territory, Authority, Rights
"

Reviews of the first edition:

"A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK

"A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of "Territory, Authority, Rights
"

From the Publisher