Postmetropolis
Critical Studies of Cities and Regions
1. Auflage März 2000
462 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-57718-001-2
John Wiley & Sons
This completes Ed Soja's trilogy on urban studies, which began with Postmodern Geographies and continued with Thirdspace. It is the first comprehensive text in the growing field of critical urban studies to deal with the dramatically restructured megacities that have emerged world-wide over the last half of the twentieth-century.
Prologue.
Part I: Remapping the Geohistory of Cityspace.
Part II: Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis.
Part III: Lived Space: Rethinking 1992 in Los Angeles.
References.
Index.
Part I: Remapping the Geohistory of Cityspace.
Part II: Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis.
Part III: Lived Space: Rethinking 1992 in Los Angeles.
References.
Index.
"Traditional sociological and urban design critiques of the
American city have left vacant a wide middle ground of critical
enquiry. Between statistical analysis and physical critique, Edward
Soja attempts to bridge the divide by proposing a 'third way' for
urban studies. The result is a broad overview, ranging between
sociological and cultural points of view, with the provocative
possibility of pairing the two in a new urban paradigm." Tom
Leslie, World Architecture
"Coming to the field as a relative novice, I found this book
more straightforward and thought provoking than I expected...it is
sure to be of interest and value to students and researchers
alike." Regional Studies.
"Postmetropolis effectively illuminates the rich
complexity and multidisciplinary of urban and regional
restructuring in the current era... will serve as a useful
resource." Journal of Economic and Social Geography.
"Postmetropolis is magisterial in its historic sweep"
Thomas L. Bell, University of Tennessee.
American city have left vacant a wide middle ground of critical
enquiry. Between statistical analysis and physical critique, Edward
Soja attempts to bridge the divide by proposing a 'third way' for
urban studies. The result is a broad overview, ranging between
sociological and cultural points of view, with the provocative
possibility of pairing the two in a new urban paradigm." Tom
Leslie, World Architecture
"Coming to the field as a relative novice, I found this book
more straightforward and thought provoking than I expected...it is
sure to be of interest and value to students and researchers
alike." Regional Studies.
"Postmetropolis effectively illuminates the rich
complexity and multidisciplinary of urban and regional
restructuring in the current era... will serve as a useful
resource." Journal of Economic and Social Geography.
"Postmetropolis is magisterial in its historic sweep"
Thomas L. Bell, University of Tennessee.
Edward W Soja is Professor of Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written extensively on urban social life, planning and theory. His previous books include Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory (Verso, 1989)and Thirdspace (Blackwell, 1996).
