
First published in 1997, Imagining Cities gives students access to the most exciting recent work on the city from within sociology, cultural studies and cultural geography. Contributions are grouped around four major themes: The theoretical imagination Ethnic diversity...

The city has always been a locus of research and discussion within the debates of modernity and, more recently, postmodernity. This volume brings together some of the most recent and exciting work on the city from within sociology and cultural studies. The book is organised around...

Imagining Cities considers the interplay of past and present, imagined and substantive, and links present and future in examining the idea of the virtual city. The world of cyberspace recasts views of space and communication, and has a profound impact on the sociological imagination...