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As the leading text in urban sociology, The Urban World has maintained a complete, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. It offers a twenty-first century look at the changing urban scene, covering evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life, and combining current scholarship by one of America's leading urban sociologists with a readable style that students appreciate.

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• Part One Focus and Development
• Chapter 1 The Urban World
• Chapter 2 The Emergence of Cities
• Part Two American Urbanization
• Chapter 3 The Rise of Urban America
• Chapter 4 Ecology and Political Economy Perspectives
• Chapter 5 Metro and Edge City Growth
• Chapter 6 The Suburban Era
• Part Three Urban and Suburban Life
• Chapter 7 Urban Lifestyles
• Chapter 8 The Social Environment of Metro Areas: Strangers, Crowding, Homelessness, and Crime
• Chapter 9 Diversity: Women, Ethnics, and African Americans
• Chapter 10 Diversity: Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans
• Part Four Metro Issues: Housing, Sprawl, and Planning
• Chapter 11 Cities and Change
• Chapter 12 Housing Patterns, Sprawl, and Smart Growth
• Chapter 13 Planning, New Towns, and New Urbanism
• Part Five Worldwide Urbanization
• Chapter 14 Developing Countries
• Chapter 15 Asian Urban Patterns
• Chapter 16 African and Latin American Urbanization
• Part Six Conclusion
• Chapter 17 Toward the Future
• Name Index
• Subject Index