Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place
This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.
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"Twenty years after publication, Urban Fortunes remains the best book on urban sociology around. Starting from a political economy analysis, Logan and Molotch develop a picture of the formative processes creating the contemporary American city while managing to avoid the pitfalls of determinism."—Susan Fainstein, Harvard University
Preface1. The Social Construction of Cities2. Places as Commodities3. The City as a Growth Machine4. Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the Neighborhood5. How Government Matters6. Overcoming Resistance to Value-free Development7. The Dependent Future References Name Index Subject Index
