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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Prologue |
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7 | (2) |
``How to Study Cities'' |
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9 | (10) |
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PART 1 THE EVOLUTION OF CITIES |
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19 | (68) |
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21 | (4) |
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``The Urbanization of the Human Population'' |
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25 | (10) |
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35 | (8) |
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43 | (6) |
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First-Person Accounts of Great Cities of the Medieval and Early Modern World |
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49 | (9) |
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58 | (9) |
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``The Drive-in Culture of Contemporary America'' |
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67 | (10) |
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``Beyond Suburbia: The Rise of the Technoburb'' |
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77 | (10) |
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Plate Section: The Evolution of Cities |
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PART 2 URBAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY |
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87 | (64) |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (5) |
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``Urbanism as a Way of Life'' |
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97 | (8) |
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``Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital'' |
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105 | (9) |
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``The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety'' |
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114 | (5) |
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``The Negro Problems of Philadelphia,'' ``The Question of Earning a Living,'' and ``Color Prejudice'' |
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119 | (7) |
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``From Institutional to Jobless Ghettos'' |
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126 | (10) |
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``Whose Culture? Whose City?'' |
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136 | (11) |
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``Visions of a New Reality: The City and the Emergence of Modern Visual Culture'' |
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147 | (4) |
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Plate Section: Visions of a New Reality |
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151 | (70) |
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153 | (3) |
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``The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project'' |
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156 | (8) |
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``The Almost Perfect Town'' |
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164 | (8) |
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John Brinckerhoff Jackson |
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``The Islamic City: Historic Myths, Islamic Essence, and Contemporary Relevance'' |
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172 | (9) |
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``Social Exclusion and Space'' |
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181 | (8) |
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``Taking Los Angeles Apart: Towards a Postmodern Geography'' |
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189 | (12) |
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201 | (6) |
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``The Neighborhood, the District, and the Corridor'' |
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207 | (5) |
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``The Impact of the New Technologies and Globalization on Cities'' |
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212 | (9) |
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PART 4 URBAN POLITICS, GOVERNANCE, AND ECONOMICS |
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221 | (76) |
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223 | (4) |
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``Contested Cities: Social Process and Spatial Form'' |
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227 | (8) |
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``How to Study Urban Political Power'' |
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235 | (9) |
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``A Ladder of Citizen Participation'' |
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244 | (12) |
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``The Need for a New Vision for the Development of Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas'' |
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256 | (11) |
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267 | (10) |
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``The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City'' |
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277 | (13) |
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``The Center Cannot Hold'' |
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290 | (7) |
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Plate Section: Social and Symbolic Uses of Urban Space |
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PART 5 URBAN PLANNING HISTORY AND VISIONS |
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297 | (168) |
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299 | (3) |
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``Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns'' |
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302 | (7) |
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``Author's Introduction'' and ``The Town-Country Magnet'' |
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309 | (8) |
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317 | (148) |
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PART 8 THE FUTURE OF THE CITY |
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465 | (39) |
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467 | (3) |
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470 | (5) |
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``European Cities, the Informational Society, and the Global Economy'' |
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475 | (11) |
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``Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities'' |
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486 | (11) |
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``The Teleserviced City'' |
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497 | (7) |
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Illustration credits |
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504 | (3) |
Copyright information |
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507 | (4) |
Index |
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