The imaginative structure of the city / Alan Blum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blum, Alan, 1935-

Series:

Culture of Cities Series ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

x, 330 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blum's distinctive form of theoretical inquiry pushes the reader to move beyond conventional ways of thinking about familiar urban issues in answering such fundamental questions as, How does a city exist? How do its inhabitants define their relationship to it? Who is entitled to speak for it? What is its symbolic nature? In what way does the city function as a focus of attempts to resolve social problems such as alienation, participation, and community? In what ways do night and nighttime affect our relationship to it? How is it possible to speak of a city as both exciting and alienating?

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The City Is Nothing But a Sign!

The Common Situation

Time, Space

Cosmopolitanism

Nighttime

Scenes

Materialism

Impermanence

Excitement

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-325) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86113-1

9786612861130

0-7735-7103-5

OCLC:

929120848