The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life

by Gyan Prakash and Kevin M. Kruse

Book Overview

By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030. With the increasing speed of urbanization, especially in the developing world, scholars are now rethinking standard concepts and histories of modern cities. The Spaces of the Modern City historicizes the contemporary discussion of urbanism, highlighting the local and global breadth of the city landscape.

This interdisciplinary collection examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691133433
• ISBN13: 9780691133430
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"