Population & urbanization / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors of Salem Press, author.

Series:

Sociology Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population--Social aspects.

Population.

Urbanization--Social aspects.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 91 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of sociology as it applies to population and urbanization. Introducing these topics are essays that highlight demography and the different trends in population growth. The volume then takes an in-depth look at the urban population tendencies before concluding with an outline of the main urban sociology schools.

Contents:

""Sociology Reference Guide: Population & Urbanization""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Demography in Sociology""; ""Industrialization: Demographic Transition Theory""; ""Trends in Global Population Growth""; ""Malthus & Population Growth""; ""Population & Stratification""; ""Post-Industrial Growth of U.S. Cities""; ""The City & the Industrial Revolution""; ""Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft""; ""Gentrification: A Tangled Web of Cause & Effect""; ""The Megalopolis""; ""The Chicago School of Sociology""; ""Robert Park & Urban Ecology""; ""U.S. Urban Political Economy""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9781429834780

1429834781

OCLC:

883331183