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Cities of the Mind

Images and Themes of the City in the Social Sciences

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Lloyd Rodwin

    1. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Robert M. Hollister

    1. Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, Medford, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Images, Themes, and Urbanography

      • Lloyd Rodwin, Robert M. Hollister
      Pages 3-18

  3. Urban Images and Themes in Specific Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Geography

      • Peter Hall
      Pages 21-36

    3. Economics

      • John R. Harris
      Pages 37-54

    4. Images of the City in Political Science

      • Martin Shefter
      Pages 55-82

    5. Anthropological Approaches to the City

      • Lisa Redfield Peattie, Edward Robbins
      Pages 83-95

    6. Sociology-Four Images of Organized Diversity

      • Peter Langer
      Pages 97-117

    7. History

      • Charles Tilly
      Pages 119-132

    8. City Planning

      • Thomas A. Reiner, Michael A. Hindery
      Pages 133-147

  4. Reflections on Context and the Interpretation of Urban Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Reconsidering The Image of the City

      • Kevin Lynch
      Pages 151-161

    3. The Puzzle of Antiurbanism in Classic American Literature

      • Leo Marx
      Pages 163-180

    4. Slums and Skyscrapers

      • Sam Bass Warner Jr.
      Pages 181-195

    5. Urban Political Images in Search of a Historical Context

      • Michael H. Frisch
      Pages 197-232

    6. The City as a Legal Concept

      • Gerald E. Frug
      Pages 233-290

    7. Cities and Countryside in Anthropology

      • Anthony Leeds
      Pages 291-311

    8. Ex Uno Plures

      • Paolo Ceccarelli
      Pages 313-335

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 337-356
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About this book

Curious about the images of the city that have been evolving in the different social sciences, we did what academics often do in such a situa­ 1 tion: we set up a seminar on "Images of the City in the Social Sciences." From the start, we counted on the help of specialists in other fields to pursue their interests. Of the persons who agreed to participate, all but two came from the United States, and their analyses, in the main, reflect the experience of Western countries and the United States. In our formal instructions to our collaborators, we took fi>r granted that a variety of images of the city could be found or inferred in their fields of expertise. We asked them to identify these images and their functions, to explain how and why they have changed over time, and to relate these images to the distinct intellectual traditions and techniques-analytical or otherwise-in their respective fields. The definition of image was left to the judgment of the participants.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Lloyd Rodwin

  • Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Robert M. Hollister

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