Urban fortunes : the political economy of place
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Urban fortunes : the political economy of place
University of California Press, c2007
20th anniversary ed., with a new pref.
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Note
Originally published: 1987
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-363) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1 The Social Construction of Cities
2 Places as Commodities
3 The City as a Growth Machine
4 Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the
Neighborhood
5 How Government Matters
6 Overcoming Resistance to Value-free
Development
7 The Dependent Future
References
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Subject lndex
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