Bounds, Michael.

Urban social theory : city, self, and society / Michael Bounds. - South Melbourne, Vic. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xvi, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social theory and the city -- Urban history -- community, suburbia, and social capital -- Images of the city and the social construction of meaning -- Crime and the city -- The divided city -- The state, the local, and the global -- Urban politics -- Urban professions -- Housing , citizenship, and society -- Family and gender -- Concluding comments -- Selected biographical data -- Glossary of terms -- notes -- bibliography -- index

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Sociology, Urban.
Urban geography
Cities and towns
Urbanization

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