John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch
Urban Fortunes
The Political Economy of Place
20th Anniversary Edition
$29.95, £20.95 paperback
9780520254282
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413 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches,
August 2007, Available worldwide
August 2007, Available worldwide
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.
"The most celebrated research synthesis [in urban sociology]. . . in several decades."—John Walton, Annual Review of Sociology
"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
Robert E. Park Award, American Sociological Association; American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award
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