ISBN:
9780203808863
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (321 p)
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in human geography 36
Parallel Title:
Print version Globalization, Modernity and the City
DDC:
303.48/2091732
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Verstädterung
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Globalisierung
Abstract:
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 pro
Description / Table of Contents:
Globalization, Modernity, and the City; Copyright; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; 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's 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
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Shanghai: the reglobalizing city11 Megalopolis: the liquid city; PART 4 Urban utopias; 12 Postscript; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.4324/9780203808863
