Urban Fortunes
Douban
The Political Economy of Place
John R. Logan / Harvey L. Molotch
overview
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.
contents
Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition
Preface to the First Edition
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 lndex
