TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macionis, John J.
AU  - Parrillo, Vincent N.
TI  - Cities and urban life
SN  - 8120343603
U1  - 307.76 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - PHI Learning Pvt Ltd
N1  - 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
ER  -