Experiencing cities. /
Mark Hutter
- 3rd ed.
- New York: Routledge, 2016.
- xxvii, 526 p.
- Metropolis and Modern Life. .
Preface -- Historical developments -- Introduction to experiencing cities -- The emergence of cities -- The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology -- Disciplinary perspectives -- Chicago school : urbanism and urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Urban political economy, the new urban sociology, and the power of place -- City imagery -- City imagery -- The skyscraper as icon -- The social psychology of city life -- Experiencing strangers and the quest for public order -- "Seeing" disorder and the ecology of fear -- City people and places -- Urban communities and social policies -- Families, gender, and singles in the city -- The consumer city: shopping and sports -- The urban world -- American and global suburbanization patterns -- Social capital and the resilience of cities -- References -- Index.