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The City in cultural context

Title
The City in cultural context / edited by John A. Agnew, John Mercer, and David E. Sopher.
Publication
Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Agnew, John A.
  • Mercer, John, 1934-1982
  • Sopher, David Edward
Description
xiv, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Cities and towns > Cross-cultural studies
  • Urbanization > Cross-cultural studies
  • Social change > Cross-cultural studies
  • Cities and towns
  • Social change
  • Urbanization
  • Kultur
  • Kulturleben
  • Stadt
  • Stadtgeografie
  • Stadtsoziologie
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Steden
  • Sociale aspecten
  • Villes > Etudes transculturelles
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
Introduction / John A. Agnew, John Mercer and David E. Sopher -- Reflections on the cultural geography of the European city / Paul Claval -- Culture and the urban order / Amos Rapoport -- Culture and economy in the shaping of urban life : general issues and Latin American examples / John Walton -- Culture 'modes of production, ' and the changing nature of cities in the Arab world / Janet Abu-Lughod -- The urban culture and the suburban culture : a new look at an old paper / Peter Hall -- The Soviet city : continuity and change in privilege and place / James H. Bater -- Japanese urban society and its cultural context / Gary D. Allinson -- City as a mirror of society : China, tradition and transformation / Rhoads Murphey -- Autonomous and directed cultural change : South African urbanization / John Western -- The built environment and cultural symbolism in post-colonial Madras / Susan J. Lewandowski -- A cultural analysis of urban residential landscapes in North America : the case of the anglophile élite / James S. Duncan and Nancy G. Duncan -- Commentary / John A. Agnew, John Mercer and David E. Sopher.
ISBN
  • 0043011772
  • 0043011764
  • 9780043011768
  • 9780043011775
LCCN
84002851
OCLC
  • ocm10484041
  • 10484041
  • SCSB-8956260
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library