Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan/Molotch, Author.

Contributor:

Logan, John R., 1946- Contributor.

Molotch, Harvey Luskin, Contributor.

Series:

Democracy and urban landscapes.

Democracy and urban landscapes ; 5DDO

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--United States.

Sociology, Urban.

Cities and towns--United States--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Human ecology--United States.

Human ecology.

Real property, Exchange of--United States.

Real property, Exchange of.

Urban economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 383 pages)

Edition:

20th anniversary edition.

Other Title:

Urban Fortunes

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of California Press 2007

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. The Social Construction of Cities

2. Places as Commodities

3. The City as a Growth Machine

4. Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the Neighborhood

5. How Government Matters

6. Overcoming Resistance to Value-free Development

7. The Dependent Future

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-520-93457-1

OCLC:

1419789118