{"product_id":"the-city-deborah-stevenson-9780745648903","title":"The City","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested and negotiated ways in which cities are built, understood, lived and imagined. Taking a thematic approach and drawing on a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical points of reference, it examines such subjects as urban inequality, public space, creative cities, globalization, the night-time economy, suburbia, and memory and emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe City\u003c\/i\u003e Deborah Stevenson argues that, as theories and concepts shape what is known about cities and urban life, it is necessary to build conceptual frameworks that engage with the intersections and tensions between urban processes and trends, as well as with the complexities of everyday urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book's combination of original insight and critical synthesis will make it an invaluable contribution for an international, interdisciplinary readership of students and scholars in sociology, geography, urban studies and wider social science and the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745648908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745648903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013","brand":"Deborah Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120140022015,"sku":"9780745648903","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_442144c1-600e-4d07-9802-753d602a32ea.jpg?v=1687412761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-deborah-stevenson-9780745648903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}