Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Agnew, John A.
2. Mercer, John, 1934-1982
3. Sopher, David Edward

Description

1. xiv, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

1. Cities and towns > Cross-cultural studies
2. Urbanization > Cross-cultural studies
3. Social change > Cross-cultural studies
4. Cities and towns
5. Social change
6. Urbanization
7. Kultur
8. Kulturleben
9. Stadt
10. Stadtgeografie
11. Stadtsoziologie
12. Aufsatzsammlung
13. Steden
14. Sociale aspecten
15. Villes > Etudes transculturelles

Genre/Form

1. Cross-cultural studies

Contents

1. Introduction / John A. Agnew, John Mercer and David E. Sopher -- Reflections on the cultural geography of the European city / Paul Claval -- Culture and the urban order / Amos Rapoport -- Culture and economy in the shaping of urban life : general issues and Latin American examples / John Walton -- Culture 'modes of production, ' and the changing nature of cities in the Arab world / Janet Abu-Lughod -- The urban culture and the suburban culture : a new look at an old paper / Peter Hall -- The Soviet city : continuity and change in privilege and place / James H. Bater -- Japanese urban society and its cultural context / Gary D. Allinson -- City as a mirror of society : China, tradition and transformation / Rhoads Murphey -- Autonomous and directed cultural change : South African urbanization / John Western -- The built environment and cultural symbolism in post-colonial Madras / Susan J. Lewandowski -- A cultural analysis of urban residential landscapes in North America : the case of the anglophile élite / James S. Duncan and Nancy G. Duncan -- Commentary / John A. Agnew, John Mercer and David E. Sopher.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies and index.