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John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

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Reviews of the first edition: "A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK "A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights

Table of Contents
Introduction PART I: THEORIZING THE CITY IN TIME 1. Theorizing The Premodern City 2. Theorizing The Modern City 3. Theorizing The Postmodern City PART II: THEORIZING THE CITY IN SPACE 4. The City As Network 5. The Economic City 6. The City Of Difference 7. The Political City 8. The Everyday City 9. The City And Nature 10. Urban Imaginaries 11. Marketing The City 12. The Future Of Urban Theory: Directions And Intersections.

Urban Theory A Critical Assessment

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Published 1 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781137382641
      978-1137382641
      ISBN-10 1137382643
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      Regional and area planning

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

      Trade Review
      Reviews of the first edition: "A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK "A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights

      Table of Contents
      Introduction PART I: THEORIZING THE CITY IN TIME 1. Theorizing The Premodern City 2. Theorizing The Modern City 3. Theorizing The Postmodern City PART II: THEORIZING THE CITY IN SPACE 4. The City As Network 5. The Economic City 6. The City Of Difference 7. The Political City 8. The Everyday City 9. The City And Nature 10. Urban Imaginaries 11. Marketing The City 12. The Future Of Urban Theory: Directions And Intersections.

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