City suburbs : placing suburbia in a post-suburban world / Alan Mace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mace, Alan, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburbs--England--London.

Suburbs.

Suburbs--United States.

Suburban life--England--London.

Suburban life.

Suburban life--United States.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs. City Suburbs considers contemporary Anglo-American suburbia, drawing on research in outer London it looks at life on the edge of a world city from the perspective of residents. Interpreted through Bourdieu's theory of practice it argues that the contemporary suburban life is one where place and participation are, in combination, strong determinants of the suburban experience. From this perspective suburbia is better seen as a process, an on-going practice of the subu

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; In conversation with Professor Sir Peter Hall; 1 Introduction; A suburban-urban world; Post-suburbia; Constructing suburbia; Structure of the book; Summary; 2 The contemporary context; Introduction; Global suburbia; Cities, regions; Residential impacts of agglomeration and dispersal; Summary; 3 Suburban homeland; Introduction; Private project; The suburban state; Managing the city; The city-suburban binary; Summary; 4 Variegated suburbia; Introduction; Suburban difference

Suburban society and politicsSummary; 5 constructing suburban meaning; Introduction; The Bourdieuian approach; Distinction; Critiques; Bourdieu in the 'burbs; Summary; 6 Semi-detached London?; Introduction; Moving across the urban canvas; Suburban distinction?; Participation; Summary; 7 Change in outer London; Introduction; Policy turns; Ethnicity and change; Place and porosity; Summary; 8 Placing the suburbs; Introduction; Place; Placing in historical context; Beyond Anglo-American histories; History and meaning-making; Placing meaning; Place as relational; Conclusions; Appendix; References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-07617-0

0-203-06672-3

1-299-27963-5

1-135-07618-9

9780203066720

OCLC:

830160945