Cities and urban cultures / Deborah Stevenson.

What is distinctive about urban life? What key trends have shaped the contemporary city? How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies? This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through...

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Main Author: Stevenson, Deborah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2003.
Series:Issues in cultural and media studies.
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