City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society

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Now in its third edition, City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society is the most interdisciplinary urban studies book available on the market. It skillfully blends social science perspectives with insights from the visual arts and humanities to provide a comprehensive introduction to cities, suburbs, and post-suburban areas and how they work. Motivating students to develop their own perspectives on the issues, creator E. Barbara Phillips provides an extended discussion of “doing social science,” systematically showing how scholarly controversy and public debates over urban-suburban policy are rooted in deep-seated differences: in ideologies, research methods, theoretical orientations, academic disciplines, and/or levels of analysis.

Featuring a unique combination of serious scholarship and an accessible, engaging writing style, City Lights, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in urban sociology, urban studies, urban growth and development, urban theory, and urban history. It accommodates many helpful pedagogical features, including almost 200 photographs and illustrations, real-life case studies, excerpts from classic works, key terms, and suggestions for further learning. In addition, end-of-chapter projects encourage students to apply what they’ve learned by participating in research, activism, or other civic pursuits in their own communities.

Thoroughly revised and Up to date, the third edition features

* A focal point on the U.S. city but also a global emphasis all the way through, with in-depth profiles of such cities as Kyoto, Cordóba, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Mexico City; a lot of global-local links; and a new chapter (5) on global urbanization and the urban system
* Up to date statistical data
* Detailed coverage of the Internet’s influence on personal, political, and economic relations
* Discussions of a lot of new topics including the affect of terrorism on cities, new immigrants in the U.S. and elsewhere, gated communities, building “green,” and the “New Urbanism” in the U.S
* Analyses of up to date political, social, and economic changes–including economic downturns–and their effects on urbanites and suburbanites in the U.S. and worldwide

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