Urban World

Name: Urban World
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ISBN: 9780072434569

ISBN-10: 0072434562

ISBN-13: 9780072434569

Edition: 6th 2002

Authors: J. John Palen

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List price: $81.56
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 7/23/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

J. John Palen is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of over a dozen books and has received the Virginia Commonwealth University Distinguished Scholar Award. He is a Distinguished Fulbright Chair and has held the Fulbright Chair in North American Studies at the University of Calgary.

List of Special Sections
About the Author
Preface
Focus and Development	p. 1
The Urban World	p. 2
Emergence of Cities	p. 20
American Urbanization	p. 61
The Rise of Urban America	p. 62
Structure and Organization of American Cities	p. 89
Urban Political Economy	p. 109
Metropolitan and Edge-City Growth	p. 129
Urban and Suburban Life	p. 155
City Life-Styles	p. 156
Social Environment of the City: Strangers, Neighbors, Crowding, Crime, and Homelessness	p. 177
Changing Suburbanization Patterns	p. 197
Ethnic Diversity: Ethnics, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans	p. 232
Women in Metropolitan Life	p. 268
Problems, Housing, and Planning	p. 295
The Question of Urban Crisis	p. 296
Housing and the Community	p. 316
Planning in the United States and Elsewhere	p. 335
Worldwide Urbanization	p. 371
Less-Developed Countries	p. 372
Asian Urban Patterns	p. 388
African and Middle Eastern Urbanization	p. 417
Urbanization in Latin America	p. 444
Conclusion	p. 465
Toward the Urban Future	p. 466
Bibliography	p. 487
Name Index	p. 517
Subject Index	p. 524
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