CONTENTS Special Features xv Preface xviii PART 1 UNDERSTANDING THE CITY 1 1 Exploring the City 1 2 The Origins and Development of the World's Cities 23 3 The Development of North American Cities 55 4 Today's Cities and Suburbs 86 PART 2 DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 5 Urban Sociology: The Classic Statements 118 6 Spatial Perspectives : Making Sense of Space 147 7 Critical Urban Sociology : The City and Capitalism 171 8 Social Psychology: The Urban Experience 202 9 Comparative Urbanism: The City and Culture PART 3 THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 10 Stratification and Social Class: Urban and Suburban Lifestyles 266 11 Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Urban Diversity 298 12 Housing, Education, Crime: Confronting Urban Problems 331 PART 4 GLOBAL URBANIZATION 13 Cities in the Developing World 361 14 Planning the Urban Environment 395 Glossary 427 References 431 Photo Credits 445 Index 447