The Blackwell City Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers in Geography) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405189835 ISBN 13: 9781405189835

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader , Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell's A Companion to the City

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?This new edition covers so much terrain of the urban scholarship that it is truly a very comprehensive and interdisciplinary reader for any course on cities and urban studies.? ?Xiangming Chen, Trinity College ?A rich and varied collection of important articles on cities. Selections range from older classic pieces to more recent insights, and the book provides a nice mix of European and American views of cities, whilst including writings about other areas of the world, especially China. Altogether this is an excellent and exciting collection of major writings.? ?Anthony M. Orum, University of Illinois ?The second edition of The Blackwell City Reader is even better than the first ? and that was a milestone. The Reader covers the full spectrum of approaches to the city concisely but with real authority. As a result, it is a vital introduction to thinking about cities in a time when global problems and urban problems have become effectively interchangeable.? ?Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick

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Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, this new edition of The Blackwell City Reader brings together a wide range of essential readings relating to the analysis and experience of cities across the globe. Selections are carefully gathered from a variety of academic disciplines ranging from architecture, sociology, and literature to cultural studies, philosophy, and even psychoanalysis to provide the most diverse perspectives and in-depth coverage of the field. The new edition incorporates major developments in the study of materialities and mobilities, two areas at the heart of many contemporary debates; it also features enhanced coverage on non-Western cities that reflect recent growth trends, especially in Asia, China, and India, making it the most international reader of its kind.

The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition combines established and novel readings from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and geographical locales to provide an indispensable source for the most up-to-date thinking on cities of today and tomorrow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405189835
• ISBN 13: 9781405189835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Bridge Gary, Watson Sophie