CITIES AND URBAN LIFE, THIRD EDITION

John J. Macionis (Kenyon College)

and Vincent N. Parrillo (William Paterson University)

Cities and Urban Life is a current and comprehensive textbook for courses in urban studies and urban sociology. Engaging and informative, this text
features numerous boxes, maps, and figures in every chapter.
While fundamentally sociological, this book uses a multidisciplinary approach to explore all facets of urban living. For further information,
contact your Prentice Hall representative or e-mail Chris DeJohn, Prentice
Hall's Executive Editor for Sociology.

ISBN: 0-13-111395-x

Cities and Urban Life: Prentice Hall Catalog Information

Chapter Outline

PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CITY

1. Exploring the City

PART II: HISTORY OF CITIES AND NEW TRENDS

Chapter 2 The Origins and Development of the World's Cities

Chapter 3 The Development of North American Cities

Chapter 4 Cities and Suburbs of the Twenty-First Century

 

PART III: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 5 Urban Sociology: The Classic Statements

Chapter 6 Social Psychology: The Urban Experience

Chapter 7 Geography and Spatial Perspectives: Making Sense of
Space

Chapter 8 Comparative Urbanism: The City and Culture

Chapter 9 The New Urban Sociology: The City and Capitalism

 

PART IV: THE ANATOMY OF THE CITY

Chapter 10 Social Class: Urban and Suburban Lifestyles

Chapter 11 Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Urban Diversity

Chapter 12 Housing, Education, and Crime: Confronting Urban
Problems

 

PART V: GLOBAL URBANIZATION

Chapter 13 Cities in the Developing World

 

PART VI: THE PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF CITIES

Chapter 14 Planning the Urban Environment

522 pages; 2004

 

What's New in the Third Edition?

The new edition reflects a number of changes.

First, the chapters contain new, detailed data from the 2000
census that offer valuable insights into the growing diversity of U.S.
society and the resulting changes to our cities and suburbs.

Second, in these post 9-11 days, we all understand the vulnerability of
cities to acts of terrorism. Several sections of this book discuss that
concern, and Chapter 3 ("The Development of North American
Cities") includes coverage of the efforts of New York City to more beyond the devastation caused there.

Third, Chapter 7 ("Geography and Spatial Perspectives: Making
Sense of Space") contains a new section on the Los Angeles School and the postmodernist view of the linkages among global capitalism,
social differentiation, and political fragmentation.

Fourth, Chapter 9 ("The New Urban Sociology: The City and Capitalism")
offers expanded discussion of the cities and the world economy,
and adds a new section evaluating transformation of public space into
packaged, thematic environments.

Fifth, Chapter 14 ("Planning the Urban Environment") acquaints
readers with the goals of Toronto's new master plan, one that could easily
serve as a plan for any city.

Finally, the entire text has been rewritten and updated, with new
statistical data, the results of research published in the lastfour years,
a number of new boxes and other features, and a new photo program.