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The Postmodern Urban Condition
Michael J. Dear
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Description for The Postmodern Urban Condition
Paperback. * Provides an new way of understanding cities. * Gives students a critical history of postmodernism and its consequences for cities and spaces. * Reveals the importance of space and place in our understanding of social process. * Looks ahead to the urban agenda for the twenty--first century. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604.
This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure.
This book will change the way we understand cities. It provides readers with not only an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631209881
SKU
V9780631209881
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99-50
About Michael J. Dear
Michael Dearis Professor of Geography and Director of the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California. He was recently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1989. He received Honors from the Association of American Geographers in 1995. He is the author/editor of ten ... Read more
Reviews for The Postmodern Urban Condition
"An instant classic that belongs in every college and research library in the English-speaking world." CHOICE "...a thoughtful, wide ranging, and ardent analysis of urbanisation at the end of the millenium." Mike Samers, University of Liverpool. "Michael Dear's book has surely achieved its objective: to be not only provocative, but also deeply engaging, its ... Read more