TY - BOOK ID - 135164101 TI - Urban people and places : the sociology of cities, suburbs, and towns AU - Monti, Daniel J. AU - Borer, Michael Ian AU - Macgregor, Lyn Christine PY - 2015 SN - 1483315339 1483398978 1483309908 PB - Los Angeles : SAGE, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology, Urban. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135164101 AB - Providing a thorough and comprehensive survey of the contemporary urban world that is accessible to students, Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns will give balanced treatment to both the process by which cities are built (i.e., urbanization) and the ways of life practiced by people that live and work in more urban places (i.e., urbanism) unlike most core texts in this area. Whereas most texts focus on the socio-economic causes of urbanization, this text analyses the cultural component: how the physical construction of places is, in part, a product of cultural beliefs, ideas, and practices and also how the culture of those who live, work, and play in various places is shaped, structured, and controlled by the built environment. Inasmuch ... ER -