City / Phil Hubbard.
"City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key ideas in human geography. Always at the heart of discussions in social theory, the definition and specification of the city nonetheless remains elusive. In this volume, Phil Hubbard locates the concept of the city within c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Series: | Key ideas in geography.
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| Summary: | "City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key ideas in human geography. Always at the heart of discussions in social theory, the definition and specification of the city nonetheless remains elusive. In this volume, Phil Hubbard locates the concept of the city within current traditions of social thought, providing a basis for understanding its varying usages and meanings through a critical discussion of the contribution of major theories and thinkers. This book this offers a distinctive and timely intervention in debates in urban theory by suggesting new ways that students and scholars in sociology, geography, urban studies, planning and politics can make sense of the city."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 298 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0415330998 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415331005 (softcover : alk. paper) |