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Table of Contents:
  • The new urban sociology
  • The origins of urban life
  • The rise of urban sociology
  • Contemporary urban sociology
  • Urbanization in the United States
  • Suburbanization, globalization and the emergence of the multi-centered region
  • People and lifestyles in the metropolis: urban and suburban culture
  • Minority settlement patterns, neighborhoods, and communities in the multicentered metro region
  • Metropolitan problems: racism, poverty, crime, housing , and fiscal crisis
  • Urbanization in the developed nations
  • Globalization and urbanization in the developing world
  • Metropolitan planning and environmental issues
  • Metropolitan social policy
  • The future of urban sociology.