The City in cultural context / edited by John A. Agnew, John Mercer, and David E. Sopher.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Other Authors: Agnew, John A., Mercer, John, 1934-1982, Sopher, David Edward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1984.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 elite / James S. Duncan and Nancy G. Duncan
  • Commentary / John A. Agnew, John Mercer and David E. Sopher.