Synopses & Reviews
"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
Review
"Among a rare breed."--Jrnl of Regional Science
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Social Construction of Cities
2. Places as Commodities
3. The City as a Growth Machine
4. Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the Neighborhood
5. How Government Matters
6. Overcoming Resistance to Value-free Development
7. The Dependent Future
References
Name Index
Subject Index