Postmetropolis Critical Studies of Cities and Regions

Name: Postmetropolis Critical Studies of Cities and Regions
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ISBN: 9781577180012

ISBN-10: 1577180011

ISBN-13: 9781577180012

Edition: 2000

Authors: Edward W. Soja

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This completes Ed Soja's trilogy on urban studies, which began with Postmodern Geographies and continued with Thirdspace. It is the first comprehensive text in the growing field of critical urban studies to deal with the dramatically restructured megacities that have emerged world-wide over the last half of the twentieth-century.

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/18/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Prologue



Remapping the Geohistory of Cityspace: Introduction


Putting Cities First


The Second Urban Revolution


The Third Urban Revolution: Modernity and Urban-Industrial Capitalism


Metropolis in Crisis


An Introduction to the Conurbation of Greater Los Angeles



Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis: Introduction


The Postfordist Industrial Metropolis: Restructuring the Geopolitical Economy of Urbanism


Cosmopolis: The Globalization of Cityspace


Exopolis: The Restructuring of Urban Form


Fractal City: Metropolarities and the Restructured Social Mosaic



The Carceral Archipelago: Governing Space in the Postmetropolis



Simcities: Restructuring the Urban Imaginary



Lived Space: Rethinking 1992 in Los Angeles



L. A. 1992: Overture to a Conclusion



L. A. 1992: The Spaces of Representation



Endnotes: Critical Reflections on the Postmetropolis


References


Index