The Constitution of the City Economy, Society, and Urbanization in the Capitalist Era

This book presents an exploratory account of the origins and dynamics of cities. The author recounts how the essential foundations of the urbanization process reside in two interrelated forces. These are the tendency for many different kinds of human activity to gather together to form functional co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Allen J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. City and Society
  • 2. In Search of the City
  • 3. Industrialization and Urbanization of Early Capitalism
  • 4. Triumph and Tribulations of the Mass-Production Metropolis
  • 5. Cities in a Globalizing World
  • 6. The Third Wave
  • 7. Mainsprings of Resurgence
  • 8. Social Differentiation and Forms of Life
  • 9. Through the Kaleidoscope
  • 10. The Urban Commonwealth