{"product_id":"urban-geography-a-critical-introduction-hardback-9781405189804","title":"Urban Geography; A Critical Introduction (Hardback) 9781405189804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUrban Geography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excellent textbook for urban geography courses: accessible, comprehensive and stimulating. For the student who wants to know how and why cities continue to matter, Andrew Jonas, Eugene McCann and Mary Thomas have produced a pedagogic tour-de-force.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin Ward, University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAn excellent and comprehensive introduction to cities’ uneven geographies and the diverse processes and experiences that co-produce them.  Each of its empirically rich and theoretically rigorous chapters will engage, excite and extend students, while giving them a solid grounding.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePauline McGuirk, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew E. G. Jonas (Author), Eugene McCann (Author), Mary Thomas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405189804, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.726 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I like this book for the above points. The authors have succeeded to stir thoughts about urbanization and to appreciate urban geography from an alternative perspective. This book would be particularly helpful to students and those involved in urbanization processes, including businesses.”  (\u003ci\u003e3D Visualization World Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 June 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Geography\u003c\/i\u003e a comprehensive introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary urban geography, including patterns and processes of urbanization, urban development, urban planning, and life experiences in modern cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals both the diversity of ordinary urban geographies and the networks, flows and relations which increasingly connect cities and urban spaces at the global scale\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the city as a lens for proposing and developing critical concepts which show how wider social processes, relations, and power structures are changing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the experiences, lives, practices, struggles, and words of ordinary urban residents and marginalized social groups rather than exclusively those of urban elites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows readers how to develop critical perspectives on dominant neoliberal representations of the city and explore the great diversity of urban worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Approaching the City 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Cities for Whom? The Contours and Commitments of Critical Urban Geography 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Production, Economy, and the City 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A World of Cities 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Labor and the City 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The City and Social Reproduction 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Governing the City: The State, Urban Planning, and Politics 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Experiencing Cities 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Molding and Marketing the Image of the City 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nature and Environment in the City 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Urban Arts and Visual Cultures 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Alternative Urban Spaces and Politics 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Urban Crises 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Epilogue: Critical Urban Geographies and Their Futures 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 347\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437795111192,"sku":"9781405189804","price":76.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405189804.jpg?v=1784941144","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/urban-geography-a-critical-introduction-hardback-9781405189804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}