John Rennie Short

Globalization, Modernity and the City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Globalization, Modernity and The City weaves together broad social themes with detailed urban analysis to explore the connections between the rise of big cities, the creation of a global network and the making of the modern world. It explains the growth of big cities, the urban bias of global flows and the creation of metropolitan modernities. The text develops broad theories of the subtle and complex interactions between urbanization, globalization and modernization in a sweep of the urban experience across the modern world. Thematic chapters explore the making of the modern city in profiles of the growth of urban spectaculars, the role of new flanerie, the traffic issues of the modernist city, recurring issues of urban utopias and the rise of the primate city.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415857888
• ISBN-10: 0415857880
• Artikelnr.: 37255151

Autorenporträt

John Rennie Short is Professor of Geography and Public Policy at the University of Maryland (UMBC), USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part 1: Global Generalities 1. The Third Urban Revolution 2. The
Late Modern Wave of Globalization 3. Metropolitan Modernities Part 2:
Thematic Specificities 4. Urban Spectaculars: World Fairs and Summer
Olympics 5. Flânerie and The Globalizing City 6. Traffic, Accidents and The
Modern City 7. Modernity and Urban Utopias: The Early Bauhaus 8. Big City
Part 3: City Particularities 9. Alice Springs/Mparntwe: The Postcolonial
Creative City 10. Shanghai: The Reglobalizing City 11. Megalopolis: The
Liquid City Part 4: Urban Utopias 12. Postscript