Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 462
Trim: 7½ x 10⅜
978-0-7425-6175-5 • Hardback • January 2010 • $165.00 • (£127.00)
978-0-7425-6176-2 • Paperback • January 2010 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-4422-0190-3 • eBook • January 2010 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
William G. Flanagan is professor of sociology at Coe College.
Chapter 1 An Invitation to Urban Studies
Chapter 2 From Ancient Cities to an Urban World
Chapter 3 The Urban Tradition in Sociology
Chapter 4 Community and the City
Chapter 5 Ethnic and Minority Groups
Chapter 6 Patterns and Consequences of Urbanization in Poor Countries
Chapter 7 Urban Growth and Transitions in the United States
Chapter 8 Ecology, Capitalism, and the Expanding Scope of Urban Analysis
Chapter 9 Poverty, Power, and Crime
Chapter 10 Urban Policy
Chapter 11 Urban Sociology: An Evolving Perspective on the World
Flanagan's approach provides a richly historical and social theoretical view for understanding urban development. This book provides students with understanding both the changing urban form and the power of cities in societies, from early settlements to world urbanization. This accessible, yet sophisticated account of major debates in urban sociology is a wonderful teaching tool and reference guide. Readers can learn of key trends in urban development, in the intellectual understanding of the city, and in the policy responses that have been attempted by individuals and social groups to organize urban life through community development, social networks, economic institutions, and political agencies, such as national governments. The grand scope that Flanagan provides on urban growth and transformations allows students to imagine the urban world of the past as well as the future. This is an excellent foundational source for students.
— Louise Jezierski, PhD, James Madison College of Public and International Affairs, Michigan State University