| Description |
viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city |
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Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.
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| Contents |
General introduction -- Cities -- Cultures -- Cities producing culture -- Culture re-producing cities -- The culture industries -- Cities of culture -- Cultural cross-currents -- Cultural identities -- Permeable cultures |
| Summary |
"Cities and Cultures is a critical account of the relations between contemporary cities and the cultures they produce and which in turn shape them. The book questions perceived ideas of what constitutes a city's culture through case studies in which different kinds of culture - the arts, cultural institutions and heritage, distinctive ways of life - are seen to be differently used in or affected by the development of particular cities. The book does not mask the complexity of this, but explains it in ways accessible to undergraduates." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sociology, Urban.
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Cities and towns.
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Culture.
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| LC no. |
2006034564 |
| ISBN |
9780415354424 (hardcover) |
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9780415354431 (softcover) |
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0415354420 (hbk) |
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0415354439 (paperback) |
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